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).
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 | ATI Radeon 9600 TX |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 1162 | 1163 |
Price now | $39.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.61 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 2x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | Floppy |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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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 |