GeForce 6800 GS and Radeon 9800 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GS vs Radeon 9800 XT
GeForce 6800 GS
197
Radeon 9800 XT
58
GeForce 6800 GS
Radeon 9800 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name
NV41
R360
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2005
October 2003
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x Molex
Core clock speed
425 MHz
412 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
117 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.100
3.296
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MBps
730 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
23.36 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.0-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A