NVS 810 vs GeForce 6800 XT

Place in the ranking	1391	826
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	3.21
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	NV42	GM107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	30 September 2005 (20 years ago)	4 November 2015 (10 years 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 cores	no data	512 ×2
Core clock speed	450 MHz	902 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1033 MHz
Number of transistors	202 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	68 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.400	33.06 ×2
Floating-point processing power	no data	1.058 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	8	16 ×2
TMUs	12	32 ×2
L1 Cache	no data	256 KB
L2 Cache	no data	1024 KB

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).

Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	198 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2 GB ×2
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	14.4 GB/s ×2

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

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

8x mini-DisplayPort

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	3.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	5.0

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

6800 XT 0.28

NVS 810 2.82
+907%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

6800 XT 120
Samples: 34

NVS 810 1191
+893%

Samples: 29

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.28	2.82
Recency	30 September 2005	4 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	110 nm	28 nm

NVS 810 has a 907.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 810 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6800 XT in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 6800 XT is a desktop graphics card while NVS 810 is a workstation one.