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GeForce 8 Series

First unified-shader GeForce generation, led by G80. Architecture coverage: Tesla.

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Architecture
Tesla, Tesla 2.0
Launch range
2006-2010
Memory types
DDR2, DDR3, GDDR3, System Shared

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GPU Architecture Launch Date CUDA Cores Memory Bus Width TDP/TBP Segment
GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a Tesla 2008-05-06 16 0 KB System Shared — 40 W Embedded
GeForce 8200 Tesla 2008-05-06 16 0 KB System Shared — 40 W Embedded
GeForce 8300 Tesla 2008-05-06 16 0 KB System Shared — 40 W Embedded
GeForce 8300 GS Tesla 2007-04-17 8 128 MB DDR2 64-bit 40 W Desktop
GeForce 8400 Tesla 2007-12-04 8 256 MB DDR2 64-bit 25 W Desktop
GeForce 8400 GS Tesla 2007-04-17 16 256 MB DDR2 64-bit 40 W Desktop
GeForce 8400 GS PCI Tesla 2007-12-04 8 512 MB DDR2 64-bit 25 W Desktop
GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2 Tesla 2.0 2007-04-17 16 512 MB DDR3 64-bit 40 W Desktop
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 Tesla 2007-12-04 8 512 MB DDR2 64-bit 25 W Desktop
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 Tesla 2.0 2010-07-12 8 512 MB DDR2 64-bit 25 W Desktop
GeForce 8400 SE Tesla 2008-08-01 16 128 MB DDR2 64-bit 50 W Desktop
GeForce 8500 GT Tesla 2007-04-17 16 256 MB GDDR3 128-bit 30 W Desktop
GeForce 8600 GS Tesla 2007-04-17 16 512 MB DDR2 128-bit 47 W Desktop
GeForce 8600 GT Tesla 2007-04-17 32 512 MB GDDR3 128-bit 47 W Desktop
GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition Tesla 2007-04-17 32 128 MB GDDR3 128-bit 47 W Desktop
GeForce 8600 GTS Tesla 2007-04-17 32 256 MB GDDR3 128-bit 60 W Desktop
GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition Tesla 2007-09-21 32 512 MB GDDR3 128-bit 75 W Desktop
GeForce 8800 GS Tesla 2008-01-31 96 384 MB GDDR3 192-bit 105 W Desktop
GeForce 8800 GT Tesla 2007-10-29 112 512 MB GDDR3 256-bit 105 W Desktop
GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition Tesla 2008-02-01 112 512 MB GDDR3 256-bit 125 W Desktop
GeForce 8800 GTS 320 Tesla 2007-02-12 96 320 MB GDDR3 320-bit 143 W Desktop
GeForce 8800 GTS 512 Tesla 2007-12-11 128 512 MB GDDR3 256-bit 135 W Desktop
GeForce 8800 GTS 640 Tesla 2006-11-08 96 640 MB GDDR3 320-bit 143 W Desktop
GeForce 8800 GTS Core 112 Tesla 2007-11-19 112 640 MB GDDR3 320-bit 150 W Desktop
GeForce 8800 GTX Tesla 2006-11-08 128 768 MB GDDR3 384-bit 155 W Desktop
GeForce 8800 Ultra Tesla 2007-05-02 128 768 MB GDDR3 384-bit 171 W Desktop

Series Notes

GeForce 8 introduced NVIDIA's unified shader architecture and set the basis for CUDA-capable GPUs. Low-end 8 Series cards do not represent the large G80 high-end design.