GeForce 6800 GT and FireGL V5000 - video card comparison
GeForce 6800 GT
FireGL V5000
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
NV45
RV410
Market segment
Desktop
Workstation
Release date
June 2004
September 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
350 MHz
450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
120 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
5.600
3.600
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
11.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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