NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT vs ATI Radeon 9250
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT and ATI Radeon 9250 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 240 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
- Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 532 MHz vs 400 MHz
- 41x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 123 vs 3
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 30 September 2005 vs 1 March 2004 |
Core clock speed | 300 MHz vs 240 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 64 MB |
Memory clock speed | 532 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 123 vs 3 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250
- 177.8x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 127 vs 122
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 960 MTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 127 vs 122 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT | ATI Radeon 9250 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 123 | 3 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 122 | 127 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT | ATI Radeon 9250 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | Rage 7 |
Code name | NV48 | RV280 |
Launch date | 30 September 2005 | 1 March 2004 |
Place in performance rating | 1232 | 1234 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 240 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 5.4 GTexel / s | 960 MTexel / s |
Transistor count | 222 million | 36 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 8.1 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 1.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 38.4 GB / s | 3.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 532 MHz | 400 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |