ATI FireGL V3400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

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Graphics Processor

GPU model RV530 NV40
GPU variant RV530 GL 6800 GT
Architecture R500 Curie
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 90 nm 130 nm
Number of transistors 157 million 222 million
Die size 150 mm² 287 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Oct 1st, 2005 Apr 14th, 2004
Generation FireGL GeForce 6 AGP
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 AGP 8x
Reviews 5 in our database 115 in our database
Predecessor GeForce FX
Successor GeForce 7 AGP

Clocks

GPU clock 500 MHz 350 MHz
Memory clock 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 128 MB 128 MB
Memory type GDDR3 DDR
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 16.00 GB/s 16.00 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 12 16
Vertex shaders 5 6
TMUs 4 16
ROPs 4 16

Performance

Pixel rate 2.000 GPixel/s 5.600 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 625.0 MVertices/s 525.0 MVertices/s
Texture rate 2.000 GTexel/s 5.600 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Single-slot
TDP unknown unknown
Suggested PSU 200 W 200 W
Outputs 2x DVI 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video
Power connectors None 1x Molex
Board number A671-31 P201, P212

API Support & Features

DirectX 9.0c (9_3) 9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL 2.1 2.1
OpenCL
Vulkan
Shader model 3.0 3.0

Other Features

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