GeForce 6800 GT and Radeon X1600 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GT vs Radeon X1600
GeForce 6800 GT
146
Radeon X1600
50
GeForce 6800 GT
Radeon X1600
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ultra-Threaded SE
GPU code name
NV45
RV516
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
2007
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
350 MHz
635 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
105 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
27 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
2.540
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
800 MBps
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 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