
GeForce GTX 470 and GeForce 8800 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce GTX 470
3199
GeForce 8800 GT
495
GeForce GTX 470
GeForce 8800 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF100
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2010
October 2007
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pins
6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options
+
2-way
Core clock speed
607 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
448
112
Floating-point performance
1,088.6 gflops
336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
448
112
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
34.0 billion/sec
33.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1280 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
320 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
133.9 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
-
128bit