GeForce 6800 GT DDL vs FX 5950 Ultra

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1416	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.14	no data
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	NV38	NV40
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 October 2003 (21 year ago)	14 April 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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.

Core clock speed	475 MHz	350 MHz
Number of transistors	135 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	74 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.800	5.600
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	8	16

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	AGP 8x	AGP Pro 8x
Length	229 mm	305 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	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	DDR	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	475 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	30.4 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 VGA, 1x S-Video

2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0a	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	no data	3.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 October 2003	14 April 2004
Power consumption (TDP)	74 Watt	80 Watt

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