NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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 GTX

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
4.6x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 462 vs 113
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2485 vs 484
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2485 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2007 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	462 vs 113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2485 vs 484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2485 vs 484

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 175

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 175

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

175

258

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2485

484

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2485

484

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	462	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	175	258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2485	484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2485	484

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 November 2007	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1152	1154
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	325 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 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	None	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	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI