Radeon Pro 5600M vs GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated233
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data32.85
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameNV40Navi 12
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date14 April 2004 (20 years ago)15 June 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 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 coresno data2560
Core clock speed400 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1030 MHz
Number of transistors222 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate6.400164.8
Floating-point processing powerno data5.274 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs16160

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceAGP Pro 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Length305 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed550 MHz770 MHz
Memory bandwidth35.2 GB/s394.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors2x DVINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 April 2004 15 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 50 Watt

Pro 5600M has an age advantage of 16 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL and Radeon Pro 5600M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 5600M is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL
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