GeForce 6800 XE vs Radeon Pro W5700

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	101	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	41.61	no data
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Navi 10	NV40
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	19 November 2019 (4 years ago)	30 September 2005 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$799	no data
Current price	$748 (0.9x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2304	no data
Core clock speed	no data	275 MHz
Boost clock speed	1930 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10,300 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	277.9	2.200

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 4.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	305 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

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	GDDR6	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	532 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	8.512 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

5x mini-DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.5	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 November 2019	30 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	130 nm

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