NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
4.7x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 300 MHz
9.4x more texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
3.5x more maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1134 MHz vs 532 MHz
11.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1385 vs 123

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 January 2009 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1385 vs 123

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 122 vs 67

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	122 vs 67

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1385

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1385	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	67	122
Geekbench - OpenCL	23256
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3195

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT200B	NV48
Launch date	15 January 2009	30 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	1231	1232
Price now	$119.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	127.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI