GeForce 6800 XE vs Atari VCS 800 GPU

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated1421
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameBanded KestrelNV40
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 December 2020 (4 years ago)30 September 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores192no data
Core clock speed300 MHz275 MHz
Boost clock speed1201 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,940 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate14.412.200
Floating-point processing power0.4612 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48
TMUs128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceIGPAGP 8x
Length295 mmno data
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR4DDR2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz266 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s8.512 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.1N/A
Vulkan1.2N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 December 2020 30 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 130 nm

Atari VCS 800 GPU has an age advantage of 15 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

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AMD Atari VCS 800 GPU
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