GeForce 6800 and Radeon X850 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 vs Radeon X850 XT
GeForce 6800
115
Radeon X850 XT
83
GeForce 6800
Radeon X850 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
NV41
R480
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
December 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
325 MHz
520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
190 million
160 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
69 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.900
8.320
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MBps
1080 MHz
Memory bandwidth
19.2 GB/s
34.56 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0b (9_2)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0 (full)
Shader Model
3.0-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A