GeForce 6800 GT and Radeon 9600 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GT vs Radeon 9600 XT
GeForce 6800 GT
146
Radeon 9600 XT
36
GeForce 6800 GT
Radeon 9600 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name
NV45
RV360
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
October 2003
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
350 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
60 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
22 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
2.000
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
9.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0 (9_0)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A