NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 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 LE

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 2.56 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 110 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 January 2005 vs 23 October 2003
Texture fill rate	2.56 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	110 vs 41

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 325 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 170 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 325 MHz
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	170 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

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 5900 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	110	41
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	170

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV41	NV35
Launch date	16 January 2005	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1009	1010
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.56 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	135 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		59 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
Length		218 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR