ATI Radeon X1800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon X1800 XT

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 XT

2.2x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 275 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 532 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 532 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Name	ATI Radeon X1800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
PassMark - G2D Mark		166
PassMark - G3D Mark		59

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	R520	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 October 2005	30 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	not rated	1022
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	113 Watt
Transistor count	321 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	8.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2