NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1598 MHz vs 800 MHz
Launch date 31 January 2008 vs 1 November 2007
Memory clock speed 1598 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 105 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Name NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark 382
PassMark - G2D Mark 159
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1989

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G92 G92
Launch date 31 January 2008 1 November 2007
Place in performance rating not rated 1276
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 160 gflops 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 64 64
Texture fill rate 16 GTexel / s 16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 754 million
CUDA cores 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-HE MXM-HE
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 51.1 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1598 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0