NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 41.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 13% better floating-point performance: 470.0 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 77
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 January 2009 vs 11 December 2007
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec vs 41.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 470.0 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 88 vs 77

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 141 Watt
  • Around 49% higher memory clock speed: 1640 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 3309
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 3309
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 568 vs 507
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt vs 141 Watt
Memory clock speed 1640 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 3309
PassMark - G3D Mark 568 vs 507

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3342
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
88
77
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
507
568
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.56
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 108.412
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 3342
PassMark - G2D Mark 88 77
PassMark - G3D Mark 507 568

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G92B G92
Launch date 16 January 2009 11 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $349
Place in performance rating 1307 1308
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1836 MHz 650 MHz
CUDA cores 128
Floating-point performance 470.0 gflops 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 128 128
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec 41.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 141 Watt 135 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 254 mm
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB / s 52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 1640 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI