ATI Radeon 3000 IGP vs GeForce 6800

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1335not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameNV41RS780
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 November 2004 (20 years ago)2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39.99 no data

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 data40
Core clock speed325 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors190 million180 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm65 nm
Texture fill rate3.9001.400
ROPs84
TMUs124

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 1.0 x16
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed300 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth19.2 GB/sno data

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-VideoMotherboard Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model3.04.1
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)3.3
OpenCLN/A1.0
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 130 nm 65 nm

ATI 3000 IGP has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 and Radeon 3000 IGP. We've got no test results to judge.


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