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.
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 110 | 41 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 166 | 170 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | Rankine |
Code name | NV41 | NV35 |
Launch date | 16 January 2005 | 23 October 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 1010 | 1011 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
Length | 218 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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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 |