GeForce 6800 and GeForce 6700 XL - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 vs GeForce 6700 XL
GeForce 6800
115
GeForce 6700 XL
98
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6700 XL
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
NV41
NV43 A2
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
November 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
325 MHz
525 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
146 million
Texture fill rate
3.900
4.200
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
17.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.03.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A