NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS vs ATI Radeon X1650 XT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS and ATI Radeon X1650 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV41GPU NameRV560
CurieArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
130 nmProcess Size80 nm
222 millionTransistors330 million
225 mm²Die Size230 mm²

Graphics Card

Nov 7th, 2005Release DateOct 30th, 2006
GeForce 6 PCIe
(6800)
FamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1650)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
249 USDLaunch Price199 USD
GeForce PCXPredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus128 bit
32.00 GB/sBandwidth22.40 GB/s

Performance

5.100 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.200 GPixel/s
531.3 MVertices/sVertex fillrate1.050 GVertices/s
5.100 GTexel/sTexture fillrate4.200 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
Memory Clock700 MHz
1400 Mbps effective
425 MHzGPU Clock525 MHz

Render Config

12TMUs8
12ROPs8
12Pixel Shaders24
5Vertex Shaders8

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)55 W
200 WSuggested PSU250 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
1x 6-pinPower ConnectorsNone
P317Board NumberA880

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
2.1 (full)
3.0 (partial)
OpenGL2.1
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model3.0