GeForce 6800 GT DDL and FireGL X3-256 - video card comparison
GeForce 6800 GT DDL
FireGL X3-256
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
NV40
R420
Market segment
Desktop
Workstation
Release date
April 2004
August 2004
Interface
AGP Pro 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x Molex
Core clock speed
350 MHz
491 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
160 million
Power consumption (TDP)
80 Watt
57 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
5.892
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
908 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
29.06 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0b (9_2)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A