NVIDIA GeForce 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4x more texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 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 8% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
9.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 12
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 138

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 April 2004 vs 6 March 2003
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 12
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 138

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

138

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	113	12
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	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV40 A1	NV34 A2
Launch date	14 April 2004	6 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99	$149
Place in performance rating	1171	1173
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	45 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	1x Molex
Length		171 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	22.4 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR