NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP 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, Memory, Technologies, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 57.02 GTexel / s vs 33.6 billion / sec
6.9x more pipelines: 768 vs 112
5.4x better floating-point performance: 1,825 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 105 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
7.3x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	1 March 2016 vs 29 October 2007
Texture fill rate	57.02 GTexel / s vs 33.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	768 vs 112
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1024 MHz

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1024 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		463
PassMark - G2D Mark		49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GM206	G92
Launch date	1 March 2016	29 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$349
Place in performance rating	not rated	1399
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1188 MHz
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,825 gflops	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	768	112
Texture fill rate	57.02 GTexel / s	33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	202 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
SLI options		2-way
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	105.8 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
3D Vision
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit
API support
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		2.1