GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL vs GTX 970

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	256	not rated
Place by popularity	72	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	12.03	no data
Power efficiency	11.83	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	GM204	NV40
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	19 September 2014 (10 years ago)	14 April 2004 (21 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	1664	no data
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	148 Watt	100 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	122.5	6.400
Floating-point processing power	3.92 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	56	16
TMUs	104	16

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	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP Pro 8x
Length	267 mm	305 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	550 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	35.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	2x DVI
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	+	-
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.4	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 September 2014	14 April 2004
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	148 Watt	100 Watt

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