NVIDIA GeForce 6800 vs ATI Radeon X700 XT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 6800 and ATI Radeon X700 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV41GPU NameRV410
CurieArchitectureR400
TSMCFoundryTSMC
130 nmProcess Size110 nm
222 millionTransistors120 million
225 mm²Die Size156 mm²

Graphics Card

Nov 8th, 2004Release DateSep 1st, 2004
GeForce 6 PCIe
(6800)
FamilyRadeon R400 PCIe
(X700)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce PCXPredecessorRadeon R300
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size128 MB
DDRMemory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus128 bit
19.20 GB/sBandwidth16.80 GB/s

Performance

3.900 GPixel/sPixel fillrate3.800 GPixel/s
406.3 MVertices/sVertex fillrate712.5 MVertices/s
3.900 GTexel/sTexture fillrate3.800 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

300 MHz
600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock525 MHz
1050 Mbps effective
325 MHzGPU Clock475 MHz

Render Config

12TMUs8
12ROPs8
12Pixel Shaders8
5Vertex Shaders6

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)38 W
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone
P260Board NumberA379

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX9.0b (9_2)
2.1 (full)
3.0 (partial)
OpenGL2.0
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A