NVIDIA GeForce 6800 vs ATI Radeon X800 GT

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

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV41GPU NameR480
CurieArchitectureR400
TSMCFoundryTSMC
130 nmProcess Size130 nm
222 millionTransistors160 million
225 mm²Die Size297 mm²

Graphics Card

Nov 8th, 2004Release DateNov 1st, 2005
GeForce 6 PCIe
(6800)
FamilyRadeon R400 PCIe
(X800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce PCXPredecessorRadeon R300
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size128 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
19.20 GB/sBandwidth22.40 GB/s

Performance

3.900 GPixel/sPixel fillrate5.700 GPixel/s
406.3 MVertices/sVertex fillrate712.5 MVertices/s
3.900 GTexel/sTexture fillrate5.700 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

300 MHz
600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock350 MHz
700 Mbps effective
325 MHzGPU Clock475 MHz

Render Config

12TMUs12
12ROPs12
12Pixel Shaders12
5Vertex Shaders6

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)40 W
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone
P260Board NumberA474

API support

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