GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER vs 6800 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1379not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameNV42GB205
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 September 2005 (19 years ago)2025 (recently)

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 data6400
Core clock speed450 MHz2325 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2512 MHz
Number of transistors202 million31,100 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data275 Watt
Texture fill rate5.400502.4
Floating-point processing powerno data32.15 TFLOPS
ROPs880
TMUs12200
Tensor Coresno data200
Ray Tracing Coresno data50

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 5.0 x16
Lengthno data245 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount256 MB18 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s672.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.8
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 18 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 5 nm

RTX 5070 SUPER has a 7100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2100% more advanced lithography process.

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