Compare any two graphics cards:
VS

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs Radeon R9 M265X

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 600 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 112 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M265X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 575 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1125 MHz on this particular card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M265X, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M265X 72000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 14400 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB is a lot (approximately 46%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M265X. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 33600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X 23000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 10600 (46%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB is superior to the Radeon R9 M265X, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X 9200 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 400 (4%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Display Prices

Hide Prices

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon R9 M265X

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

Specifications

Display Specifications

Hide Specifications

Model GeForce 8800 GT 1GB Radeon R9 M265X
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year Dec 2007 May 1 2014
Code Name G92 Venus Pro
Memory 1024 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 575 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 4500 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts (Unknown) watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 72000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 23000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 9200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 640
Texture Mapping Units 56 40
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 28 nm
Transistors 754 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

Display Prices

Hide Prices

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon R9 M265X

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment!

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*

WordPress Anti Spam by WP-SpamShield