GeForce 6800 GTO vs Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Tahiti	NV45
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	8 January 2013 (11 years ago)	14 April 2004 (20 years ago)
Current price	no data	$150

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 cores	2048	no data
Core clock speed	925 MHz	350 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	118.4	4.200
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	274 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	264.0 GB/s	32 GB/s

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI
HDMI	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	8 January 2013	14 April 2004
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm

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