NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 513 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
4.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 143 Watt
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 62 vs 31

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 12 February 2007
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 513 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 143 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	62 vs 31

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

2.8x more texture fill rate: 12.31 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
11x better floating-point performance: 228.1 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 320 MB vs 256 MB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 417 vs 185

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 8
Floating-point performance	228.1 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	320 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	417 vs 185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

185

417

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	31
PassMark - G3D Mark	185	417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	593

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G80
Launch date	10 March 2009	12 February 2007
Place in performance rating	1633	1636
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	513 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	8	96
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	143 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	320 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1584 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3