ATI Radeon X850 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X850 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 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 X850 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 507 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 157 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2004 vs 26 July 2004
Core clock speed	507 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	157 vs 153

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 6.08 GTexel / s
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1040 MHz
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 139 vs 73

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 6.08 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1040 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	139 vs 73

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X850 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

157

153

Name	ATI Radeon X850 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	73	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	157	153

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X850 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	R480	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 December 2004	26 July 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$499
Place in performance rating	1064	1070
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	507 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.08 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		81 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		197 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	33.3 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1040 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3