GeForce 7900 GS and GeForce 6800 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 7900 GS vs GeForce 6800
GeForce 7900 GS
261
GeForce 6800
115
GeForce 7900 GS
GeForce 6800
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
G71
NV41
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2006
November 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
450 MHz
325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
190 million
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
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Texture fill rate
9.000
3.900
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1320 MHz
600 MBps
Memory bandwidth
42.24 GB/s
19.2 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
2.0 (full)
Shader Model3.03.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A