GeForce 6800 GT vs Radeon R7 240

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	811	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.16	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Oland	NV45
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	8 October 2013 (10 years ago)	8 June 2004 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$69	no data
Current price	$109 (1.6x MSRP)	$213

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	320	no data
Core clock speed	no data	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	67 Watt
Texture fill rate	14.00	5.600
Floating-point performance	499.2 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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 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, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	-	no data

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	8 October 2013	8 June 2004
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	67 Watt

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