GeForce 6800 GS and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU - video card comparison
GeForce 6800 GS
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
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GPU code name
NV41
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Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
November 2005
October 2023
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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Core clock speed
425 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
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40
Power consumption (TDP)
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53 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.100
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Memory type
GDDR3
LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1000 MBps
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Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
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OpenCL
N/A
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OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.0-
Vulkan
N/A
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