GeForce 6800 and Radeon X1950 PRO AGP - video card comparison
GeForce 6800
Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name
NV41
RV570
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
October 2006
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
2x Molex
Core clock speed
325 MHz
575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
330 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
66 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.900
6.900
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
1380 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
44.16 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 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