GeForce 8800 GTX vs Radeon RX Vega 8

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 8800 GTX and Radeon RX Vega 8, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 8800 GTX stacks up against Radeon RX Vega 8, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX Vega 8 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX Vega 8 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon RX Vega 8 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 8800 GTX Radeon RX Vega 8
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce 8800 GTX is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX Vega 8 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 8 - with Vega.
  • GeForce 8800 GTX is manufactured by 90 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega 8 - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 8−9
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 18−20
medium / 1080p 0−1 10−11
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 8 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1800% more, than GeForce 8800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 8800 GTX Radeon RX Vega 8
Architecture Tesla Vega
Code name G80 Vega Raven Ridge
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 8 November 2006 26 October 2017
Pipelines 128 512
Core clock speed 576 MHz
Boost Clock 1200 MHz
Transistor count 681 million
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 345.6 gflops
Length 270 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12_1
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 575
SLI options +
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