NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 33.6 billion / sec
Around 71% higher pipelines: 192 vs 112
Around 42% better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 512 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 999 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 463
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 53 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 29 October 2007
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion / sec vs 33.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	192 vs 112
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	999 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208 vs 463
PassMark - G2D Mark	53 vs 49

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1242 MHz
Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 182 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1242 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 182 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1208

463

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

3346

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208	463
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	49
Geekbench - OpenCL	19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200	G92
Launch date	16 June 2008	29 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$349
Place in performance rating	1396	1399
Price now	$95.38
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.70
Technical info
Core clock speed	1242 MHz	1500 MHz
CUDA cores	192	112
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	192	112
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion / sec	33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	182 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit