GeForce 6800 GT and Radeon X700 AGP - video card comparison
GeForce 6800 GT
Radeon X700 AGP
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
NV45
RV410
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
September 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
350 MHz
400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
120 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
44 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
3.200
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
8 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0b (9_2)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A