NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

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Graphics Processor

GPU model NV40 NV38
Architecture Curie Rankine
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 130 nm 130 nm
Number of transistors 222 million 135 million
Die size 287 mm² 207 mm²
GPU variant FX 5950 Ultra

Graphics Card

Release date Sep 30th, 2005 Oct 23rd, 2003
Generation GeForce 6 AGP GeForce FX
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Reviews 115 in our database 1 in our database
Predecessor GeForce FX GeForce 4 Ti
Successor GeForce 7 AGP GeForce 6 AGP
Launch price 499 USD

Clocks

GPU clock 275 MHz 475 MHz
Memory clock 266 MHz 532 Mbps effective 475 MHz 950 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 256 MB 256 MB
Memory type DDR2 DDR
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 8.512 GB/s 30.40 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 8 4
Vertex shaders 3 3
TMUs 8 8
ROPs 8 4

Performance

Pixel rate 2.200 GPixel/s 1.900 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 206.3 MVertices/s 356.3 MVertices/s
Texture rate 2.200 GTexel/s 3.800 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Dual-slot
TDP unknown 74 W
Suggested PSU 200 W 250 W
Outputs 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video
Power connectors None 1x Molex
Board number P212
Length 229 mm 9 inches
Width 111 mm 4.4 inches

API Support & Features

DirectX 9.0c (9_3) 9.0a
OpenGL 2.1 2.0
OpenCL
Vulkan
Shader model 3.0
Pixel shader 2.0a
Vertex shader 2.0a

Other Features

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