GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 9800S - video card comparison
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 9800S
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G80
G94
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2006
July 2008
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
-
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
576 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
575
64
Floating-point performance
345.6 gflops
192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
681 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
64
Power consumption (TDP)
155 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
36.8 billion/sec
19.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
768 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
86.4 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF + HDA
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A