ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

What is the difference between ATI Radeon X1650 XT AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

RV560GPU NameNV41
R500ArchitectureCurie
TSMCFoundryTSMC
80 nmProcess Size130 nm
330 millionTransistors222 million
230 mm²Die Size225 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 30th, 2006Release DateNov 7th, 2005
Radeon R500 AGP
(X1650)
FamilyGeForce 6 PCIe
(6800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Radeon R400 AGPPredecessorGeForce PCX
AGP 8xBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
21.76 GB/sBandwidth32.00 GB/s

Performance

4.320 GPixel/sPixel fillrate5.100 GPixel/s
1.080 GVertices/sVertex fillrate531.3 MVertices/s
4.320 GTexel/sTexture fillrate5.100 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

680 MHz
1360 Mbps effective
Memory Clock500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
540 MHzGPU Clock425 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs12
8ROPs12
24Pixel Shaders12
8Vertex Shaders5

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
55 WThermal design power (TDP)unknown
250 WSuggested PSU200 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
2.1OpenGL2.1 (full)
3.0 (partial)
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model3.0