GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs 6800

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1335not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameNV41GM206
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 November 2004 (20 years ago)26 November 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39.99 no data

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 data1024
Core clock speed325 MHz1176 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1201 MHz
Number of transistors190 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm28 nm
Texture fill rate3.90076.86
Floating-point processing powerno data2.46 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs1264

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz1753 MHz
Memory bandwidth19.2 GB/s112.2 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 November 2004 26 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 28 nm

GTX 960 OEM has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 and GeForce GTX 960 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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