GeForce 6800 and Radeon 9600 PRO - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 vs Radeon 9600 PRO
GeForce 6800
115
Radeon 9600 PRO
43
GeForce 6800
Radeon 9600 PRO
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rage 8 (2002−2006)
GPU code name
NV41
RV350
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
October 2003
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
325 MHz
400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
60 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
18 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.900
1.600
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
9.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0 (9_0)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.0-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A