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.

 

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

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