GeForce 7900 GS and GeForce 6800 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 7900 GS vs GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 7900 GS
261
GeForce 6800 GT
146
GeForce 7900 GS
GeForce 6800 GT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
G71
NV45
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2006
June 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
450 MHz
350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
222 million
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
67 Watt
Texture fill rate
9.000
5.600
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1320 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
42.24 GB/s
32 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 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