NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS vs Matrox G550 PCIe

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS and Matrox G550 PCIe 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Matrox G550 PCIe

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 125 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 332 MHz

Launch date	8 December 2005 vs 13 July 2005
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the Matrox G550 PCIe

49x more texture fill rate: 250.0 MTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	250.0 MTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
GPU 2: Matrox G550 PCIe

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS	Matrox G550 PCIe
PassMark - G3D Mark	192
PassMark - G2D Mark	72

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS	Matrox G550 PCIe
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	G500
Code name	NV40 A1	Condor
Launch date	8 December 2005	13 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1496	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s	250.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	10 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex
Length		112 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR