NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX is a graphics card released on November 8, 2006, built on the Tesla architecture using a 90 nm process. It has 128 shading units, 768 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 384-bit bus, 86.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 576 MHz and a 155 W board power rating. It scores 556 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Depth: 38 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX scores 556 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 39.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,812), measured across 575 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 80.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX averages DirectX 9 19 fps and DirectX 10 2 fps, across 575 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX states the PCIe 1.0 x16 interface, up to 768 MB of memory, a core clock of 575 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2012-08-22. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX is based on the Tesla architecture, uses the G80-300-A2 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 90 nm process, contains 681 million transistors and has a die size of 484 mm².
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX has 128 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 24 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX runs at a base clock of 576 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX is equipped with 768 MB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 384-bit memory bus and delivers 86.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX has a board power rating of 155 W and it connects over PCIe 1.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX was released on November 8, 2006 and launched at a price of $599.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1) and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX [Dox Optimised 185.68].
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX has 768 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 384-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 86.4 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX has a board power rating of 155 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX scores 556 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 39.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,812.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX connects over PCIe 1.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX was released on November 8, 2006 and launched at a price of $599.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G80 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724); Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units (revision 1375708460).
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