NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 2.56 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Around 81% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 332 MHz
15.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 110 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 January 2005 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.56 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	110 vs 7

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 170 vs 166

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	170 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

170

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	110	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	170

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV41	NV34 A2
Launch date	16 January 2005	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1012	1013
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.56 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	45 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR