GeForce 6800 GT and GeForce 6800 XE - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GT vs GeForce 6800 XE
GeForce 6800 GT
146
GeForce 6800 XE
60
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 XE
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
NV45
NV40
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
September 2005
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
350 MHz
275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
222 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
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Texture fill rate
5.600
2.200
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
532 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
8.512 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 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
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A