GeForce 6800 GT and Radeon X850 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 GT vs Radeon X850 XT
GeForce 6800 GT
146
Radeon X850 XT
83
GeForce 6800 GT
Radeon X850 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
NV45
R480
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2004
December 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
350 MHz
520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
160 million
Power consumption (TDP)
67 Watt
69 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.600
8.320
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1080 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
34.56 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 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