GeForce 6800 XE vs Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition with GeForce 6800 XE, including specs and performance data.
R9 M295X Mac Edition outperforms 6800 XE by a whopping 8827% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 383 | 1420 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.67 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Amethyst | NV40 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 November 2014 (10 years ago) | 30 September 2005 (19 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. 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 | 850 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 222 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 108.8 | 2.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.482 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 128 | 8 |
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 | MXM-B (3.0) | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1362 MHz | 266 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 174.3 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 | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 13.39 | 0.15 |
| Recency | 23 November 2014 | 30 September 2005 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
R9 M295X Mac Edition has a 8826.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6800 XE in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is a notebook card while GeForce 6800 XE is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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