ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 91% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 66% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	3 January 2008 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL
PassMark - G3D Mark	432
PassMark - G2D Mark	92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2417

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV670	NV40 A1
Launch date	3 January 2008	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1375	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP Pro 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Length		305 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3