NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
4x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 325 MHz
18.8x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 2.56 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
Around 85% higher memory clock speed: 1107 MHz vs 600 MHz
11.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1278 vs 110

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 16 January 2005
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 2.56 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1278 vs 110

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 166 vs 57

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	166 vs 57

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1278

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	1278	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	57	166
Geekbench - OpenCL	21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT200	NV41
Launch date	16 June 2008	16 January 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	1038	1040
Price now	$522.78
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	325 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec	2.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	236 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI