GeForce 6800 GT and Radeon X1900 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GT vs Radeon X1900 GT
GeForce 6800 GT
146
Radeon X1900 GT
149
GeForce 6800 GT
Radeon X1900 GT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name
NV45
R580
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
May 2006
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
350 MHz
575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
384 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
6.900
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
38.4 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
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A