GeForce 6800 XT and GeForce RTX 3070 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 XT vs GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce 6800 XT
127
GeForce RTX 3070
23060
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce RTX 3070
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV42
Ampere GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2005
September 2020
Interface
AGP 8x
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1725 MHz
Core clock speed
450 MHz
1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
202 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
5888
Power consumption (TDP)
-
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.400
317.4
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1200 MBps
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
448.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.5
OpenCL
N/A
2.0
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.06.5
Vulkan
N/A
1.2