NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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 Ultra DDL

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

Around 74% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 200 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

143.8x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark		8
PassMark - G2D Mark		152

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV40 A1	NV34 B1
Launch date	14 April 2004	17 March 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	$36.99
Place in performance rating	not rated	1089
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$36.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	140 nm
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	920 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP Pro 8x	AGP 8x
Length	305 mm	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR