NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3.8x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 400 MHz
5.3x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 6.4 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
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 464 vs 139

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 July 2008 vs 26 July 2004
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	464 vs 139

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 63

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	81 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 63

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

464

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	464	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	63	153
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	NV40 A1
Launch date	21 July 2008	26 July 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	$499
Place in performance rating	1069	1071
Price now	$103.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	197 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI