NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 450 MHz
14.2x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 2x 128 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 613 vs 138
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 198

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2008 vs 24 February 2005
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 128 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	613 vs 138
PassMark - G2D Mark	262 vs 198

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 197 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt vs 197 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

613

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

198

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	613	138
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	198
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	NV41
Launch date	18 March 2008	24 February 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	881	883
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	2x 128	12
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	197 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	222 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU)	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI