GeForce 6800 GT and GeForce FX 5950 Ultra - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GT vs GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT
146
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
61
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV45
NV38
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
October 2003
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x Molex
Core clock speed
350 MHz
475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
135 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
74 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
3.800
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
950 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
30.4 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
2.1
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A