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.

ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

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	806
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