AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 532 MHz

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 532 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Name	AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	5150
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3260
PassMark - G3D Mark		123
PassMark - G2D Mark		122

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Oland	NV48
Launch date	5 May 2015	30 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1281	1278
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3