ATI FirePro V9800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V9800 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

ATI FirePro V9800

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 612 MHz
Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 39.2 billion / sec
12.5x more pipelines: 1600 vs 128
7x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.3x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1080 MHz
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 643
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2010 vs 2 May 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 612 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 39.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	1600 vs 128
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 643
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 252

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 171 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V9800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2727

643

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

655

252

Name	ATI FirePro V9800	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727	643
PassMark - G2D Mark	655	252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	118.756

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V9800	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cypress	G80
Launch date	9 September 2010	2 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499	$829
Place in performance rating	618	620
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	612 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1600	128
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	39.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	681 million
CUDA cores		612
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	103.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
SLI