GeForce 8800 GT and Playstation 3 RSX - video card comparison

GeForce 8800 GT

Playstation 3 RSX

Architecture

Tesla (2006−2010)

Curie (2003−2013)

GPU code name

G92

RSX-CXD2991

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

October 2007

November 2006

Bus support

PCI-E 2.0

-

Interface

PCIe 2.0 x16

IGP

Supplementary power connectors

6-pin & 8-pin

-

SLI options

2-way

-

Core clock speed

600 MHz

550 MHz

CUDA cores

112

-

Floating-point performance

336.0 gflops

-

Manufacturing process technology

65 nm

65 nm

Number of transistors

754 million

300 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

112

-

Power consumption (TDP)

105 Watt

81 Watt

Maximum GPU temperature

105 °C

-

Texture fill rate

33.6 billion/sec

-

Memory type

GDDR3

-

Maximum RAM amount

512 MB

-

Memory bus width

256 Bit

-

Memory clock speed

900 MHz

1400 MHz

Memory bandwidth

57.6 GB/s

-

Display Connectors

Dual Link DVIHDTV

No outputs

Multi monitor support

+

-

Maximum VGA resolution

2048x1536

-

Audio input for HDMI

S/PDIF

-

DirectX

11.1 (10_0)

N/A

CUDA

+

-

OpenCL

1.1

-

OpenGL

2.1

ES 1.1

Shader Model

4.0

-

Vulkan

N/A

-

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)

128bit

-