GeForce 6800 GT DDL vs Radeon R7 435 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	Oland	NV40
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	30 June 2016 (7 years ago)	14 April 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$499

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	920 MHz	350 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.40	5.600
Floating-point performance	588.8 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 x8	AGP Pro 8x
Length	no data	305 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 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
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	30 June 2016	14 April 2004
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	80 Watt

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