GeForce 9800 GT and GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL - video card comparison
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
G92
NV40
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2008
April 2004
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
AGP Pro 8x
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
400 MHz
CUDA cores
112
-
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
222 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
-
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
100 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
6.400
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
35.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
2x DVI
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A