Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling vs GeForce 6800 XE

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1420not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameNV40Vega 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 September 2005 (19 years ago)7 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 data4096
Core clock speed275 MHz1408 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1668 MHz
Number of transistors222 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data345 Watt
Texture fill rate2.200427.0
Floating-point processing powerno data13.66 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs8256

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data282 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeDDR2HBM2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed266 MHz945 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.512 GB/s483.8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.1.125

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2005 7 August 2017
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm

RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooling has an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

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NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
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