GeForce 8800 GT and Radeon HD 3830 - video card comparison
GeForce 8800 GT
Radeon HD 3830
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name
G92
RV670
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2007
April 2008
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
2-way
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
668 MHz
CUDA cores
112
-
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
666 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
320
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
10.69
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1656 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
26.5 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)
10.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit
-