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.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

ATI Radeon 9250

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

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	1235	1237
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