NVIDIA GeForce 6800 vs ATI Radeon 9600 TX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 and ATI Radeon 9600 TX 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 9600 TX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 297 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 540 MHz
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 18
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 138

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 April 2004 vs 7 October 2003
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 297 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 540 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 138

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 TX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

138

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800	ATI Radeon 9600 TX
PassMark - G3D Mark	113	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	258	138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	484

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800	ATI Radeon 9600 TX
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	NV40 A1	R300
Launch date	14 April 2004	7 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99
Place in performance rating	1165	1166
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	297 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	2.376 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	Floppy
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	8.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR