NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 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 8800 GS

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 300 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 26.4 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 384 MB vs 256 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 532 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 330 vs 123

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2008 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	384 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	330 vs 123

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 122 vs 121

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	122 vs 121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

122

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	121	122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	NV48
Launch date	31 January 2008	30 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1243	1246
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3