NVIDIA GeForce 6800 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

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Graphics Processor

GPU model NV40 G73
Architecture Curie Curie
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 130 nm 90 nm
Number of transistors 222 million 177 million
Die size 287 mm² 125 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Apr 14th, 2004 Apr 20th, 2006
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 299 USD

Clocks

GPU clock 325 MHz 350 MHz
Memory clock 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective 600 MHz 1200 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 128 MB 128 MB
Memory type DDR GDDR3
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 bit
Bandwidth 22.40 GB/s 19.20 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 12 12
Vertex shaders 5 5
TMUs 12 12
ROPs 12 8

Performance

Pixel rate 3.900 GPixel/s 2.800 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 406.3 MVertices/s 437.5 MVertices/s
Texture rate 3.900 GTexel/s 4.200 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Single-slot
TDP unknown 30 W
Suggested PSU 200 W 200 W
Outputs 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video 2x DVI1x S-Video
Power connectors 1x Molex None
Board number P201, P212 P456
Length 198 mm 7.8 inches
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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