NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
VS
AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
VS
AMD Radeon R9 390

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and AMD Radeon R9 390. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

846
Place in performance rating
148
2.12
Value for money (0-100)
19.18
Tesla
Architecture
GCN 2.0
G92
Code name
Grenada
Desktop
Type
Desktop
29 October 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
18 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$349
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$201 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$320 (1x MSRP)
no data
Design
reference
0.09
Value for money
31.34
G92
GPU code name
Grenada
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and AMD Radeon R9 390 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

112
Pipelines
2560
600 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
no data
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
754 million
Transistor count
6,200 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
105 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
275 Watt
33.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
160.0
336.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,120 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
112
CUDA cores
no data
112
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
no data
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
754 million
Number of transistors
6,200 million
105 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
275 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and AMD Radeon R9 390.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
9" (22.9 cm)
Length
275 mm
6-pin & 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
2-way
SLI options
no data
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
no data
Bridgeless CrossFire
1

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and AMD Radeon R9 390 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
no data
256 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
57.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
no data
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and AMD Radeon R9 390, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVIHDTV
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
Eyefinity
1
no data
Number of Eyefinity displays
6
no data
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and AMD Radeon R9 390 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
-
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
+
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
VCE
+
no data
DDMA audio
+
no data
Enduro
-
128bit
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and AMD Radeon R9 390. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Vulkan
+
4.0
Shader Model
6.3
1.1
OpenCL
2.0
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and AMD Radeon R9 390 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or AMD Radeon R9 390 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
AMD Radeon R9 390
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
AMD Radeon R9 390
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
AMD Radeon R9 390
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
AMD Radeon R9 390
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
AMD Radeon R9 390
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Cheaper ($201 (0.6x MSRP) vs $320 (1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (105 Watt vs 275 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 390

38.06% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 112)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 65 nm)

More memory bandwidth (384 GB/s vs 57.6 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or AMD Radeon R9 390?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 390 .

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT versus AMD Radeon R9 390 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 390