NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 16 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
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 532 MHz
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 382 vs 123
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 122

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2007 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	382 vs 123
PassMark - G2D Mark	159 vs 122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

122

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	159	122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1989

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	NV48
Launch date	1 November 2007	30 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1276	1278
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0