GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL sales 14 April 2004 at a recommended price of $599. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Curie architecture and made with 130 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 256 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.55 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 35.2 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via AGP Pro 8x interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 305 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 100 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameNV40
Market segmentDesktop
Release date14 April 2004 (21 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Detailed specifications

GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Core clock speed400 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Number of transistors222 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology130 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate6.400of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs16of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs16of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP Pro 8x
Length305 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed550 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth35.2 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors2x DVI

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model3.0
OpenGL2.1of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell)
OpenCLN/A
VulkanN/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



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