ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP

  • Around 49% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • Around 49% higher texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 63 Watt vs 67 Watt
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 700 MHz
Core clock speed 520 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate 8.32 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 63 Watt vs 67 Watt
Memory clock speed 1120 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Name ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 142
PassMark - G2D Mark 212

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Essentials

Architecture R400 Curie
Code name R420 NV40 A1
Launch date 1 May 2004 14 April 2004
Place in performance rating not rated 807
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 520 MHz 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 8.32 GTexel / s 5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 63 Watt 67 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 35.8 GB / s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1120 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

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