Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary vs GeForce 6800

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 6800 and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GeForce 6800
2004
256 MB DDR
0.29

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary outperforms 6800 by a whopping 14714% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking133588
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data41.80
Power efficiencyno data13.08
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameNV41Navi 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 November 2004 (20 years ago)7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39.99 $449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 data2560
Core clock speed325 MHz1680 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1980 MHz
Number of transistors190 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data225 Watt
Texture fill rate3.900316.8
Floating-point processing powerno data10.14 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs12160

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 4.0 x16
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth19.2 GB/s448.0 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 6800 0.29
RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary 42.96
+14714%

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.

GeForce 6800 112
RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary 16549
+14676%

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 0.29 42.96
Recency 8 November 2004 7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary has a 14713.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6800 in performance tests.


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