GeForce 6800 and Radeon X1600 PRO - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 vs Radeon X1600 PRO
GeForce 6800
115
Radeon X1600 PRO
101
GeForce 6800
Radeon X1600 PRO
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name
NV41
RV530
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
October 2007
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
325 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
157 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
41 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.900
2.000
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
780 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
12.48 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.03.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A