ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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 X800 XL AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP

Around 23% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 325 MHz
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Name	ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark		113
PassMark - G2D Mark		258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		484

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	R430	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 May 2004	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	1162
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	5.2 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	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR