NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 576 MHz
Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 46.4 GTexel / s vs 36.8 billion / sec
Around 30% better floating-point performance: 448.0 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 155 Watt
2.2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	21 July 2008 vs 8 November 2006
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 576 MHz
Texture fill rate	46.4 GTexel / s vs 36.8 billion / sec
Floating-point performance	448.0 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 155 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB

Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 512 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark		579
PassMark - G2D Mark		92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G80
Launch date	21 July 2008	8 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	$599
Place in performance rating	not rated	1291
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	448.0 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	128	128
Texture fill rate	46.4 GTexel / s	36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	155 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	681 million
CUDA cores		575
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
SLI