Arc A570M vs GeForce 6800 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1310not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameNV42DG2-256
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 September 2005 (19 years ago)1 August 2023 (1 year ago)

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 data2048
Core clock speed450 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1300 MHz
Number of transistors202 million11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rate5.400166.4
Floating-point processing powerno data5.325 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs12128
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s224.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.6
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2005 1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 6 nm

Arc A570M has an age advantage of 17 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1733.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 XT and Arc A570M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6800 XT is a desktop card while Arc A570M is a notebook one.


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