NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G92 | G73 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | G92-400-A2 | — |
| Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 65 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 177 million |
| Die size | 324 mm² | 125 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 11th, 2007 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8 | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Launch price | 349 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 403 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
| Successor | GeForce 9 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 480 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1625 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 820 MHz 1640 Mbps effective | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 52.48 GB/s | 16.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 128 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 64 | 12 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| SM count | 16 | — |
| Cache L2 | 64 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 12 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 5 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.40 GPixel/s | 3.840 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 41.60 GTexel/s | 5.760 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 416.0 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 600.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 254 mm 10 inches | — |
| TDP | 135 W | 35 W |
| Suggested PSU | 300 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | — |
| Board number | P393 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Mar 13th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro FX Mobile (x500M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | Quadro FX Go |
