GeForce 6800 Ultra and Radeon X850 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 Ultra vs Radeon X850 XT
GeForce 6800 Ultra
142
Radeon X850 XT
83
GeForce 6800 Ultra
Radeon X850 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
NV45
R480
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2004
December 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
425 MHz
520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
160 million
Power consumption (TDP)
81 Watt
69 Watt
Texture fill rate
6.800
8.320
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
1080 MHz
Memory bandwidth
35.2 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
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Vulkan
N/A
N/A