GeForce 6800 and GeForce3 Ti500 - video card comparison
GeForce 6800
GeForce3 Ti500
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name
NV41
NV20 A5
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
October 2001
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
325 MHz
240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
57 million
Texture fill rate
3.900
1.920
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
64 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
8.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.0-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A