NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra and ATI Radeon X1900 GT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Benchmarks

139PassMark G3D146
153PassMark G2D409

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV45GPU NameR580
6800 UltraModel numberR580 XL
(215BAEBKA31FG)
CurieArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
130 nmProcess Size90 nm
222 millionTransistors384 million
287 mm²Die Size352 mm²

Graphics Card

Jul 26th, 2004Release DateMay 1st, 2006
GeForce 6 PCIe
(6800)
FamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1900)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce PCXPredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
35.20 GB/sBandwidth38.40 GB/s

Performance

6.800 GPixel/sPixel fillrate6.900 GPixel/s
637.5 MVertices/sVertex fillrate1.150 GVertices/s
6.800 GTexel/sTexture fillrate6.900 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

550 MHz
1100 Mbps effective
Memory Clock600 MHz
1200 Mbps effective
425 MHzGPU Clock575 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs12
16ROPs12
16Pixel Shaders36
6Vertex Shaders8

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
81 WThermal design power (TDP)75 W
250 WSuggested PSU250 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
P211,
P214
Board NumberA520

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