ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 vs GeForce Go 6800

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1426	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.43	no data
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	NV41	R300
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	8 November 2004 (21 years ago)	1 July 2002 (23 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 cores	17	no data
Core clock speed	300 MHz	325 MHz
Boost clock speed	300 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	190 million	110 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	3.600	2.600 ×4
ROPs	8	8 ×4
TMUs	12	8 ×4

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 size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-III	PCI
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x Molex

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	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB ×4
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	310 MHz
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB/s	19.84 GB/s ×4
Shared memory	-	no data

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

Portable Device Dependent

4x DVI

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)	2.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 November 2004	1 July 2002
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	150 nm