NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Launch date	30 September 2005 vs 16 January 2005
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 2.56 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 532 MHz
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 110 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.56 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	110 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	166
PassMark - G3D Mark	59	110

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV40 A1	NV41
Launch date	30 September 2005	16 January 2005
Place in performance rating	1022	1013
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s	2.56 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.51 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	532 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR