NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.7x more texture fill rate: 5.1 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 192 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 December 2005 vs 23 October 2003
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	192 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 126 vs 72

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 350 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	126 vs 72

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

192

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	192	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	72	126

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV40 A1	NV36 A1
Launch date	8 December 2005	23 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$199
Place in performance rating	1508	1280
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	82 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		46 Watt
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
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2