
GeForce 6800 and GeForce RTX 3080 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 vs GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce 6800
115
GeForce RTX 3080
26043
GeForce 6800
GeForce RTX 3080
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV41
Ampere GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
September 2020
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1710 MHz
Core clock speed
325 MHz
1450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
8704
Power consumption (TDP)
-
320 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.900
465.1
Memory type
DDR
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
10 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
320 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
19000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
760.3 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