NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400

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Graphics Processor

GPU model NV40 NV45
Architecture Curie Curie
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 130 nm 130 nm
Number of transistors 222 million 222 million
Die size 287 mm² 287 mm²
GPU variant NV45 GL

Graphics Card

Release date Dec 8th, 2005 Jul 28th, 2005
Generation GeForce 6 AGP Quadro FX
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface AGP 8x PCIe 1.0 x16
Reviews 115 in our database 26 in our database
Predecessor GeForce FX
Successor GeForce 7 AGP
Launch price 2,399 USD

Clocks

GPU clock 350 MHz 375 MHz
Memory clock 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective 525 MHz 1050 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 256 MB 512 MB
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 32.00 GB/s 33.60 GB/s

Render Configuration

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

Performance

Pixel rate 4.200 GPixel/s 6.000 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 437.5 MVertices/s 562.5 MVertices/s
Texture rate 4.200 GTexel/s 6.000 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Dual-slot
TDP unknown 83 W
Suggested PSU 200 W 250 W
Outputs 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video 2x DVI1x S-Video
Power connectors 1x Molex 1x 6-pin
Board number P201 P201, P214
Width 111 mm 4.4 inches

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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