GeForce 6800 XE vs GTX 550 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	655	not rated
Place by popularity	71	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.29	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	GF116	NV40
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 March 2011 (13 years ago)	30 September 2005 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$197 (1.3x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	no data
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	116 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion/sec	2.200
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	no data

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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	8.25" (21 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	no data

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	GDDR5	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4.1 GB/s	532 MHz
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB/s	8.512 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 March 2011	30 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm

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