NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE vs ATI FireGL X1-256

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE and ATI FireGL X1-256 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 LE

ATI FireGL X1-256

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 110 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 January 2005 vs 1 July 2002
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	110 vs 59

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X1-256

Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 2.56 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 167 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 2.56 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	167 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
GPU 2: ATI FireGL X1-256

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

167

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE	ATI FireGL X1-256
PassMark - G3D Mark	110	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	167

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE	ATI FireGL X1-256
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	NV41	R300
Launch date	16 January 2005	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1012	1015
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.56 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	110 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		37 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	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR