GeForce 6800 GT and Radeon X850 XT Platinum AGP - video card comparison
GeForce 6800 GT
Radeon X850 XT Platinum AGP
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
NV45
R481
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
February 2005
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x Molex
Core clock speed
350 MHz
540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
160 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
67 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
8.640
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1180 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
37.76 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