NVIDIA GeForce 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 6800 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV41GPU NameNV38
CurieArchitectureRankine
TSMCFoundryTSMC
130 nmProcess Size130 nm
222 millionTransistors135 million
225 mm²Die Size207 mm²

Graphics Card

Nov 8th, 2004Release DateOct 23rd, 2003
GeForce 6 PCIe
(6800)
FamilyGeForce FX
(5900)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce PCXPredecessorGeForce 4 Ti
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfaceAGP 8x

Memory

256 MBMemory Size256 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
19.20 GB/sBandwidth30.40 GB/s

Performance

3.900 GPixel/sPixel fillrate1.900 GPixel/s
406.3 MVertices/sVertex fillrate356.3 MVertices/s
3.900 GTexel/sTexture fillrate3.800 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

300 MHz
600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock475 MHz
950 Mbps effective
325 MHzGPU Clock475 MHz

Render Config

12TMUs8
12ROPs4
12Pixel Shaders4
5Vertex Shaders3

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)74 W
200 WSuggested PSU250 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower Connectors1x Molex

API support

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