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).

 

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 1250
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