FirePro V7900 vs GeForce 8800 GTX

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V7900 and GeForce 8800 GTX. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro V7900 and GeForce 8800 GTX. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 GeForce 8800 GTX
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 155 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 768 MB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce 8800 GTX has 2% more power consumption, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and GeForce 8800 GTX uses PCIe 1.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX has 766 GB more memory, than FirePro V7900.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and GeForce 8800 GTX - with Tesla.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 149 MHz higher, than GeForce 8800 GTX.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and GeForce 8800 GTX - by 90 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V7900 is 9 mm longer, than GeForce 8800 GTX.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 4100 MHz higher, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 0−1
ultra / 1080p 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 1−2
medium / 1080p 14−16 0−1
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2400% more, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 GeForce 8800 GTX
Architecture TeraScale 3 Tesla
Code name Cayman G80
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 8 November 2006
Pipelines 1280 128
Core clock speed 725 MHz 576 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 681 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 90 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 36.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 345.6 gflops
Length 279 mm 270 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 86.4 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 5.0 4.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 575
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
SLI options +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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