ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP 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 X800 GTO AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Around 45% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 275 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 84% higher memory clock speed: 980 MHz vs 532 MHz
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 115 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	980 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	115 vs 59

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 166 vs 162

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	166 vs 162

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

162

166

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

Name	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
PassMark - G2D Mark	162	166
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	59

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	R430	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 October 2005	30 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1028	1029
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	31.36 GB / s	8.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	980 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2