ATI Wii GPU vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640

Comparative analysis of ATI Wii GPU and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Wii GPU

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Wii GPU

79x more texture fill rate: 972 MTexel / s vs 12.31 GTexel / s
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 143 Watt

Texture fill rate	972 MTexel / s vs 12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 143 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640

2.1x more core clock speed: 513 MHz vs 243 MHz
10x more maximum memory size: 640 MB vs 64 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 486 MHz

Core clock speed	513 MHz vs 243 MHz
Maximum memory size	640 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz vs 486 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Wii GPU	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Tesla
Code name	Hollywood	G80
Launch date	19 November 2006	8 November 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Core clock speed	243 MHz	513 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	972 MTexel / s	12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	143 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	681 million
Floating-point performance		228.1 gflops
Pipelines		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	N / A	10.0
OpenGL	N / A	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	640 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.89 GB / s	63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	486 MHz	1584 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3