NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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 7950 GT AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 13.2 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 81 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Launch date	2 April 2007 vs 26 July 2004
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 81 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark		139
PassMark - G2D Mark		153

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	NV40 A1
Launch date	2 April 2007	26 July 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	1106
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x 6-pin
Length		197 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3