GeForce 6800 and Radeon X300 - video card comparison
GeForce 6800
Radeon X300
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name
NV41
RV370
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
September 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
325 MHz
375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
107 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
36 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.900
1.500
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
64 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
6.4 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
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.0-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A