NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 350 MHz
6.1x more texture fill rate: 34.0 billion / sec vs 5.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
5x more maximum memory size: 1280 MB vs 256 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1674 MHz (3348 data rate) vs 700 MHz
21.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3107 vs 142
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 405 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 March 2010 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 billion / sec vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1280 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1674 MHz (3348 data rate) vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3107 vs 142
PassMark - G2D Mark	405 vs 212

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 67 Watt vs 215 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	67 Watt vs 215 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3107

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

405

212

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	3107	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	405	212
Geekbench - OpenCL	10940
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	980.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	47.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	97.852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3614
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3317
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF100	NV40 A1
Launch date	26 March 2010	14 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	810	807
Price now	$522.01
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	448
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	448
Texture fill rate	34.0 billion / sec	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt	67 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pins	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	133.9 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1674 MHz (3348 data rate)	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround