NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra is a graphics card released on May 2, 2007, 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, 103.7 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 612 MHz and a 171 W board power rating. It scores 643 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 Ultra scores 643 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 43.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,701), measured across 41 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 252.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra averages DirectX 9 18 fps and DirectX 10 3 fps, across 41 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 Ultra states the PCIe 1.0 x16 interface, up to 768 MB of memory, a core clock of 612 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-02. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra is based on the Tesla architecture, uses the G80-450-A3 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 Ultra has 128 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 24 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 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 Ultra. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra runs at a base clock of 612 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra is equipped with 768 MB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 384-bit memory bus and delivers 103.7 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra has a board power rating of 171 W and it connects over PCIe 1.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra was released on May 2, 2007 and launched at a price of $829.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra has 768 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 384-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 103.7 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra has a board power rating of 171 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra scores 643 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 43.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,701.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra connects over PCIe 1.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra was released on May 2, 2007 and launched at a price of $829.
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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