NVIDIA P106-090 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-090 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

NVIDIA P106-090

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P106-090

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.9x more core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 350 MHz
13.1x more texture fill rate: 73.49 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 130 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
11.4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 700 MHz
17.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2448 vs 142

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 July 2017 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	1354 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	73.49 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2448 vs 142

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 67 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 104

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	67 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 104

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

104

212

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2448

142

Name	NVIDIA P106-090	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL	21304
PassMark - G2D Mark	104	212
PassMark - G3D Mark	2448	142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	86.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1309.517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	183.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	58.651

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA P106-090	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Curie
Code name	GP106	NV40 A1
Launch date	31 July 2017	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	852	849
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1531 MHz
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,352 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	73.49 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	67 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3