ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP vs GeForce 6800 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameNV42R430
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 September 2005 (19 years ago)1 May 2004 (20 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.

Core clock speed450 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors202 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data49 Watt
Texture fill rate5.4006.400
ROPs816
TMUs1216

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 8xAGP 8x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex1x Molex

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s32 GB/s

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-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)2.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2005 1 May 2004

6800 XT has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 XT and Radeon X800 XL AGP. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
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