ATI FirePro V4800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V4800 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro V4800

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V4800

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 94% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 15.5 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 81 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
8.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1204 vs 139
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2010 vs 26 July 2004
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 81 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1204 vs 139
PassMark - G2D Mark	456 vs 153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V4800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1204

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

456

153

Name	ATI FirePro V4800	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	1204	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	456	153
Geekbench - OpenCL	1671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	321.782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	56.777
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1512
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1512
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3326

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V4800	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Redwood	NV40 A1
Launch date	26 April 2010	26 July 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$189	$499
Place in performance rating	1104	1106
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	400
Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	197 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3