NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 513 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 143 Watt
Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 320 MB
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 55 vs 31

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 12 February 2007
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 513 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 143 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 320 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	55 vs 31

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

2.6x more texture fill rate: 12.31 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
5.1x better floating-point performance: 228.1 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 412 vs 118

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 16
Floating-point performance	228.1 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	412 vs 118

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

118

412

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G2D Mark	55	31
PassMark - G3D Mark	118	412
Geekbench - OpenCL	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1017

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G80
Launch date	3 September 2010	12 February 2007
Place in performance rating	1637	1640
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	513 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16	96
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s	12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	143 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	320 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1584 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3