NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 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

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
3.6x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
2x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 550 MHz
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 139 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 July 2004 vs 1 June 2004
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	139 vs 27

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 158 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	158 vs 153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

158

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
PassMark - G3D Mark	139	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	158

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	NV40 A1	M11
Launch date	26 July 2004	1 June 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1070	1071
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	76 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Pipelines		4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	197 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	275 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128 / 64
Shared memory		0