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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT  vs  AMD Radeon R9 390.

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

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT  vs  AMD Radeon R9 390 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and AMD Radeon R9 390 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT vs AMD Radeon R9 390.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT vs AMD Radeon R9 390.

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

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
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 confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and AMD Radeon R9 390 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

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Passmark

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User rating

2.6 Out of 89 Hitesti Score
4.4 Out of 60 Hitesti Score