GeForce 7800 GTX and GeForce 6800 XE - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 7800 GTX vs GeForce 6800 XE
GeForce 7800 GTX
299
GeForce 6800 XE
60
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 6800 XE
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
G70
NV40
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2005
September 2005
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Core clock speed
430 MHz
275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
302 million
222 million
Power consumption (TDP)
86 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
10.32
2.200
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
532 MHz
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
8.512 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 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
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A