GeForce 6800 and GeForce FX 5950 Ultra - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 vs GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
GeForce 6800
115
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
61
GeForce 6800
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV41
NV38
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
October 2003
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x Molex
Core clock speed
325 MHz
475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
135 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
74 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.900
3.800
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
950 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
30.4 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