GeForce 6800 GS and GeForce 6800 XE - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GS vs GeForce 6800 XE
GeForce 6800 GS
197
GeForce 6800 XE
60
GeForce 6800 GS
GeForce 6800 XE
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
NV41
NV40
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2005
September 2005
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
425 MHz
275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
222 million
Texture fill rate
5.100
2.200
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MBps
532 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
8.512 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.03.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A