GeForce 6800 GT vs Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking846not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataCurie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameno dataNV45
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 August 2013 (10 years ago)8 June 2004 (20 years ago)
Current price$90 $213

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 cores640no data
Core clock speed720 / 975 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistorsno data222 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data67 Watt
Texture fill rateno data5.600

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics and GeForce 6800 GT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data32 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX119.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkanno dataN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 August 2013 8 June 2004
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics and GeForce 6800 GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics is a notebook card while GeForce 6800 GT is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8550G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics
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