ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 vs GeForce 6800 Ultra

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1370	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.31	no data
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code name	NV45	M11
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	26 July 2004 (21 years ago)	1 June 2004 (21 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	no data	6
Core clock speed	425 MHz	450 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	450 MHz
Number of transistors	222 million	76 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	81 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	6.800	1.800
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	16	4

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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	197 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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 type	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	275 MHz
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB/s	8.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	9.0
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

26 July 2004

1 June 2004