NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce 6500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 863 MHz vs 400 MHz
108.3x more texture fill rate: 173.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 128 MB
9x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 666 MHz

Launch date	10 September 2013 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	863 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	173.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 666 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1441.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	148.747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9209
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9209
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331
PassMark - G3D Mark		38
PassMark - G2D Mark		300

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK110B	NV44 A2
Launch date	10 September 2013	1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	544	547
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	902 MHz
Core clock speed	863 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2304
Texture fill rate	173.2 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2