NVIDIA GeForce 615 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 615 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 615

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 660 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 135 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1640 MHz
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 301 vs 77
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs 11 December 2007
Core clock speed 660 MHz vs 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 135 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1640 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 301 vs 77

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

  • 7.9x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 5.28 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 416.0 gflops vs 126.7 gflops
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 568 vs 514
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 1708
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 1708
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 41.6 GTexel / s vs 5.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines 128 vs 48
Floating-point performance 416.0 gflops vs 126.7 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 568 vs 514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 1708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 1708

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 615
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
514
568
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
301
77
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1708
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1708
3342
Name NVIDIA GeForce 615 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark 514 568
PassMark - G2D Mark 301 77
Geekbench - OpenCL 1322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.257
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1708 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1708 3342

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 615 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G92
Launch date 15 May 2012 11 December 2007
Place in performance rating 1313 1315
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Core clock speed 660 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 126.7 gflops 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 128
Texture fill rate 5.28 GTexel / s 41.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 135 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1640 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3