NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	26 July 2004 vs 8 June 2004
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

4x more texture fill rate: 2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 256 MB vs 256 MB

Texture fill rate	2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 256 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual
PassMark - G3D Mark	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	153

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV40 A1	NV40 A1
Launch date	26 July 2004	8 June 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1069	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	197 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	2x 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3