Ellesmere and GeForce 6800 Ultra - video card comparison
Ellesmere
GeForce 6800 Ultra
Architecture
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
Ellesmere
NV45
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
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July 2004
Interface
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PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
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1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
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425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
5,700 million
222 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
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Power consumption (TDP)
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81 Watt
Texture fill rate
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6.800
Memory type
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GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
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256 MB
Memory bus width
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256 Bit
Memory clock speed
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1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
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35.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
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2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
12 (12_0)
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
2.1
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
2.1
Shader Model
6.7
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
N/A