NVIDIA GeForce 6800 vs ATI Radeon 9550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 and ATI Radeon 9550 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

ATI Radeon 9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 35
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 145

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 April 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 145

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

145

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800	ATI Radeon 9550
PassMark - G3D Mark	113	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	258	145
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	484

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800	ATI Radeon 9550
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	NV40 A1	RV350
Launch date	14 April 2004	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99
Place in performance rating	1194	1162
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	76 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	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR