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
GPU 1
GPU 2
123
3
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
122
127
Name NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT ATI Radeon 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark 123 3
PassMark - G2D Mark 122 127

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT ATI Radeon 9250

Essentials

Architecture Curie Rage 7
Code name NV48 RV280
Launch date 30 September 2005 1 March 2004
Place in performance rating 1233 1235
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

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

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors 1x Molex None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 8.1
OpenGL 2.1 1.4

Memory

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