Radeon RX 580G vs GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1342not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.28no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameNV41Polaris 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date24 February 2005 (20 years ago)15 October 2018 (6 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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores172304
Core clock speed450 MHz1257 MHz
Boost clock speed450 MHz1330 MHz
Number of transistors190 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt185 Watt
Texture fill rate5.400191.5
Floating-point processing powerno data6.129 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs12144

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s256.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_0)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 February 2005 15 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 185 Watt

Go 6800 Ultra has 107.9% lower power consumption.

RX 580G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6800 Ultra and Radeon RX 580G. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce Go 6800 Ultra is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 580G is a desktop one.

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