NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8550M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and AMD Radeon HD 8550M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

811
Place in performance rating
713
3.50
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Tesla
Architecture
GCN
G80
Code name
Sun
Desktop
Type
Laptop
8 November 2006 (15 years ago)
Release date
16 November 2012 (9 years ago)
$599
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$78 (0.1x MSRP)
Price now
$338
0.79
Value for money
0.13
G80
GPU code name
Sun
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and AMD Radeon HD 8550M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

128
Pipelines
320
576 MHz
Core clock speed
700 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
850 MHz
681 million
Transistor count
690 million
90 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
155 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
36.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
17.00
345.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
544.0 gflops
575
CUDA cores
no data
128
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
no data
Boost clock speed
850 MHz
681 million
Number of transistors
690 million
155 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and AMD Radeon HD 8550M.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
270 mm
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data
no data
Laptop size
medium sized
+
SLI options
no data

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 GTX and AMD Radeon HD 8550M can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR3
768 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
86.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and AMD Radeon HD 8550M, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and AMD Radeon HD 8550M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and AMD Radeon HD 8550M 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 GTX or AMD Radeon HD 8550M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
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 GTX

0.51% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($78 (0.1x MSRP) vs $338)

More maximum RAM amount (768 MB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (86.4 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8550M

More pipelines (320 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 90 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX or AMD Radeon HD 8550M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX .

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX versus AMD Radeon HD 8550M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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