GeForce 6800 XT and GeForce RTX 3090 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 XT vs GeForce RTX 3090
GeForce 6800 XT
127
GeForce RTX 3090
27596
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce RTX 3090
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
-
1700 MHz
Core clock speed
450 MHz
1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
202 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
10496
Power consumption (TDP)
-
350 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.400
556.0
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
24 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
1200 MBps
19500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
936.2 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