ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

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Graphics Processor

GPU model RV570 NV40
GPU variant RV570 XT (215PADAKA12FG) 6800 Ultra
Architecture R500 Curie
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 80 nm 130 nm
Number of transistors 330 million 222 million
Die size 230 mm² 287 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Oct 25th, 2006 Apr 14th, 2004
Generation Radeon R500 AGP GeForce 6 AGP
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Reviews 144 in our database 115 in our database
Predecessor Radeon R400 AGP GeForce FX
Successor Radeon R600 GeForce 7 AGP

Clocks

GPU clock 575 MHz 425 MHz
Memory clock 690 MHz 1380 Mbps effective 550 MHz 1100 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 512 MB 256 MB
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 44.16 GB/s 35.20 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 36 16
Vertex shaders 8 6
TMUs 12 16
ROPs 12 16

Performance

Pixel rate 6.900 GPixel/s 6.800 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 1.150 GVertices/s 637.5 MVertices/s
Texture rate 6.900 GTexel/s 6.800 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Single-slot
TDP 66 W unknown
Suggested PSU 250 W 200 W
Outputs 2x DVI1x S-Video 2x DVI1x S-Video
Power connectors 2x Molex 2x Molex
Length 216 mm 8.5 inches
Board number P201

API Support & Features

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

Other Features

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