ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

What is the difference between ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

R420GPU NameNV45
R420 GT
(215RAACGA12F)
Model number6800 GT
R400ArchitectureCurie
TSMCFoundryTSMC
130 nmProcess Size130 nm
160 millionTransistors222 million
281 mm²Die Size287 mm²

Graphics Card

Nov 8th, 2007Release DateJun 8th, 2004
Radeon R400 AGP
(X800)
FamilyGeForce 6 PCIe
(6800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Radeon R300PredecessorGeForce PCX
AGP 8xBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
31.55 GB/sBandwidth32.00 GB/s

Performance

3.784 GPixel/sPixel fillrate5.600 GPixel/s
709.5 MVertices/sVertex fillrate525.0 MVertices/s
3.784 GTexel/sTexture fillrate5.600 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

493 MHz
986 Mbps effective
Memory Clock500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
473 MHzGPU Clock350 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs16
8ROPs16
8Pixel Shaders16
6Vertex Shaders6

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
40 WThermal design power (TDP)67 W
200 WSuggested PSU250 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
1x MolexPower Connectors1x 6-pin

API support

9.0b (9_2)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
2.1OpenGL2.1
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A