GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce 6800 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce GTX 1080
16002
GeForce 6800 XT
127
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce 6800 XT
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
NV42
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2016
September 2005
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
AGP 8x
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
1x Molex
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
450 MHz
CUDA cores
2560
-
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
202 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
-
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
-
Texture fill rate
277.3
5.400
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
1200 MBps
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
38.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.5
2.0 (full)
Shader Model6.43.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
Ansel
+
-
GPU Boost
3.0
-
VR Ready
+
-