GeForce 8800 GTX vs Radeon R7 A265

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 8800 GTX and Radeon R7 A265. 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 GeForce 8800 GTX and Radeon R7 A265. 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.
GeForce 8800 GTX
Radeon R7 A265

Main Specs

  GeForce 8800 GTX Radeon R7 A265
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
 
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is connected by PCIe 1.0 x16, and Radeon R7 A265 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX has 766 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 A265.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Radeon R7 A265 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 A265 is 149 MHz higher, than GeForce 8800 GTX.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is manufactured by 90 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 A265 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 A265 is 900 MHz higher, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 1−2
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 12−14
medium / 1080p 0−1 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 A265 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1200% more, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 8800 GTX Radeon R7 A265
Architecture Tesla GCN 1.0
Code name G80 Opal
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 8 November 2006 9 January 2014
Pipelines 128 384
Core clock speed 576 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 825 MHz
Transistor count 681 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion/sec 19.80
Floating-point performance 345.6 gflops 633.6 gflops
Length 270 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 4.0 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 575
SLI options +