GeForce 6800 GT and GeForce FX 5500 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GT vs GeForce FX 5500
GeForce 6800 GT
146
GeForce FX 5500
8
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce FX 5500
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV45
NV34 B1
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
March 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
350 MHz
270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
45 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
5.600
1.080
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
64 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
332 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
5.312 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
1.5 (2.1)
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A