GeForce 6800 GT and Radeon X800 XT AGP - video card comparison
GeForce 6800 GT
Radeon X800 XT AGP
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
NV45
R420
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
March 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x Molex
Core clock speed
350 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
160 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
54 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
8.000
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
32 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
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Vulkan
N/A
N/A