ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 vs GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1284not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.28no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameNV41M58
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date24 February 2005 (19 years ago)1 March 2006 (18 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 cores1718
Core clock speed450 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed450 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors190 million321 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)89 Wattno data
Texture fill rate5.4005.400
ROPs812
TMUs1212

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).

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16MXM-III
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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s32 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model3.03.0
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)2.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 February 2005 1 March 2006
Chip lithography 130 nm 90 nm

ATI Mobility X1800 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6800 Ultra and Mobility Radeon X1800. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
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