NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

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

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 33.6 GTexel / s vs 26.4 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 112 vs 96
Around 27% better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 384 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s vs 26.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 96
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark		330
PassMark - G2D Mark		121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G92
Launch date	1 February 2008	31 January 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1249
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	112	96
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s	26.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	384 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3