GeForce 6800 XT and GeForce RTX 3080 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 XT vs GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce 6800 XT
127
GeForce RTX 3080
26043
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce RTX 3080
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV42
Ampere GA102
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
-
1710 MHz
Core clock speed
450 MHz
1450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
202 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
8704
Power consumption (TDP)
-
320 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.400
465.1
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
10 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
320 Bit
Memory clock speed
1200 MBps
19000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
760.3 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