GeForce 6800 GS and Radeon X1600 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GS vs Radeon X1600 XT
GeForce 6800 GS
197
Radeon X1600 XT
118
GeForce 6800 GS
Radeon X1600 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name
NV41
RV530
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2005
October 2007
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
425 MHz
590 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
157 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
42 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.100
2.360
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MBps
1380 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
22.08 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