Radeon PRO W7700 vs GeForce 6800 GT Dual

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated61
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data55.87
Power efficiencyno data18.92
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNV45Navi 32
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date8 June 2004 (20 years ago)13 November 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data3072
Core clock speed350 MHz1900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2600 MHz
Number of transistors222 million28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data190 Watt
Texture fill rate5.600499.2
Floating-point processing powerno data31.95 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs16192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s576.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video4x DisplayPort 2.1

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.2
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 June 2004 13 November 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm

PRO W7700 has an age advantage of 19 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 GT Dual and Radeon PRO W7700. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6800 GT Dual is a desktop card while Radeon PRO W7700 is a workstation one.


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