GeForce 6800 and GeForce FX 5500 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 vs GeForce FX 5500
GeForce 6800
115
GeForce FX 5500
8
GeForce 6800
GeForce FX 5500
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV41
NV34 B1
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
March 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
325 MHz
270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
45 million
Texture fill rate
3.900
1.080
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
64 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
332 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
5.312 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.0-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A