GeForce 6800 GT and Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GT vs Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
GeForce 6800 GT
146
Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
156
GeForce 6800 GT
Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name
NV45
R580+
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
September 2006
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
350 MHz
650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
384 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
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Texture fill rate
5.600
10.40
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR4
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
64 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VHDCI
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