GeForce 6800 XT and Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU - video card comparison

GeForce 6800 XT

Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU

Architecture

Curie (2003−2013)

GPU code name

NV42

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

September 2005

January 2023

Interface

AGP 8x

Supplementary power connectors

1x Molex

Core clock speed

450 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

110 nm

5 nm

Number of transistors

202 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

Texture fill rate

5.400

Memory type

GDDR3

LPDDR5-6400

Maximum RAM amount

256 MB

Memory bus width

256 Bit

Memory clock speed

1200 MBps

Memory bandwidth

38.4 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

DirectX

9.0c (9_3)

OpenCL

N/A

OpenGL

2.0 (full) Shader Model

3.0-

Vulkan

N/A