ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

What is the difference between ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

RV570GPU NameNV45
RV570 XT
(215PADAKA12FG)
Model number6800 Ultra
R500ArchitectureCurie
TSMCFoundryTSMC
80 nmProcess Size130 nm
330 millionTransistors222 million
230 mm²Die Size287 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 25th, 2006Release DateJul 26th, 2004
Radeon R500 AGP
(X1950)
FamilyGeForce 6 PCIe
(6800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Radeon R400 AGPPredecessorGeForce PCX
AGP 8xBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
44.16 GB/sBandwidth35.20 GB/s

Performance

6.900 GPixel/sPixel fillrate6.800 GPixel/s
1.150 GVertices/sVertex fillrate637.5 MVertices/s
6.900 GTexel/sTexture fillrate6.800 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

690 MHz
1380 Mbps effective
Memory Clock550 MHz
1100 Mbps effective
575 MHzGPU Clock425 MHz

Render Config

12TMUs16
12ROPs16
36Pixel Shaders16
8Vertex Shaders6

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
66 WThermal design power (TDP)81 W
250 WSuggested PSU250 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
2x MolexPower Connectors1x 6-pin

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
2.1 (full)
3.0 (partial)
OpenGL2.1
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model3.0