NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE vs ATI FireGL X1-256

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE and ATI FireGL X1-256 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Launch date 30 September 2005 vs 1 July 2002
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 150 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X1-256

  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 532 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 167 vs 166
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate 2.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 620 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 167 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
GPU 2: ATI FireGL X1-256

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
166
167
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
59
59
Name NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE ATI FireGL X1-256
PassMark - G2D Mark 166 167
PassMark - G3D Mark 59 59

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE ATI FireGL X1-256

Essentials

Architecture Curie Rage 8
Code name NV40 A1 R300
Launch date 30 September 2005 1 July 2002
Place in performance rating 1022 1025
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 275 MHz 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 2.2 GTexel / s 2.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 222 million 110 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 37 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0
OpenGL 2.1 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.51 GB / s 19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 532 MHz 620 MHz
Memory type DDR2 DDR