GeForce 6800 GT DDL vs Radeon HD 6290

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1401not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.00no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameCedarNV40
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 December 2011 (13 years ago)14 April 2004 (21 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores80no data
Core clock speed650 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed400 MHzno data
Number of transistors292 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate5.2005.600
Floating-point processing power0.104 TFLOPSno data
ROPs416
TMUs816

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 2.0 x16AGP Pro 8x
Length168 mm305 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s32 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI2x DVI
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.03.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 December 2011 14 April 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 80 Watt

HD 6290 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 225% more advanced lithography process, and 321.1% lower power consumption.

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