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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS is a graphics card. It has 320 MB of video memory and a 146 W board power rating. It scores 398 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

3/10 key specs recorded · 13 facts

Depth: 23 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 3 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

320 MB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

146 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS scores 398 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 32.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,994), measured across 879 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 29.

PassMark G3D Mark

398

Rank #1,994
Faster than 32.4% of 2,658 GPUs
879 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 18 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 34.4% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS averages DirectX 9 18 fps and DirectX 10 2 fps, across 879 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 1.0 x16

Max memory 320 MB

Core clock 500,513 MHz

Memory clock 1600 MHz

DirectX 10.0

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 146 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-21

Samples 879

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS states the PCIe 1.0 x16 interface, up to 320 MB of memory, a core clock of 500,513 MHz, DirectX 10.0 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2012-08-21. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS Core 112, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Memory

Size 320 MB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS is equipped with 320 MB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS has a board power rating of 146 W and it connects over PCIe 1.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 146 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 1.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce 8 Series

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 398

PassMark G2D 29

Rank #1,994

Samples 879

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1) and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS [Dox Optimised 185.68].

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1); NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS [Dox Optimised 185.68]