NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.8x more texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 123 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2005 vs 23 October 2003
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	123 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Around 58% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 69% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 532 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 126 vs 122

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 300 MHz
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	126 vs 122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

126

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	123	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	122	126

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV48	NV36 A1
Launch date	30 September 2005	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1232	1235
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	82 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		46 Watt
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	1x Molex
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	532 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2