GeForce 6800 XT and Radeon 9600 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 XT vs Radeon 9600 XT
GeForce 6800 XT
127
Radeon 9600 XT
36
GeForce 6800 XT
Radeon 9600 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name
NV42
RV360
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2005
October 2003
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
None
Core clock speed
450 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
202 million
60 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
22 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.400
2.000
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1200 MBps
600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
9.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0 (9_0)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.0-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A