GeForce 6800 LE vs RTX 2070 Mobile

Place in the ranking	149	1344
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	20.75	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	TU106B	NV40
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)	21 July 2004 (20 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 cores	2304	no data
Core clock speed	1305 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1485 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10,800 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	213.8	2.400
Floating-point processing power	6.843 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	8
TMUs	144	8
Tensor Cores	288	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	36	no data

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 size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x Molex

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	GDDR6	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	350 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	22.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.5	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	7.5	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	120	0−1
1440p	75	0−1
4K	48	-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	70−75	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75	0−1
Elden Ring	110−120	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	95	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	70−75	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	38	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	183 +18200%	1−2 −18200%
Metro Exodus	94	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	106	0−1
Valorant	170 +16900%	1−2 −16900%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	135 +13400%	1−2 −13400%
Counter-Strike 2	70−75	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	31	0−1
Dota 2	118	0−1
Elden Ring	110−120	0−1
Far Cry 5	79	0−1
Fortnite	150−160 +15700%	1−2 −15700%
Forza Horizon 4	149 +14800%	1−2 −14800%
Grand Theft Auto V	115	0−1
Metro Exodus	73	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	248 +12300%	2−3 −12300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120−130	0−1
Valorant	102	0−1
World of Tanks	270−280 +13800%	2−3 −13800%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	83	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	70−75	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	26	0−1
Dota 2	117	0−1
Far Cry 5	90−95	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	125 +12400%	1−2 −12400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	104	0−1
Valorant	154 +15300%	1−2 −15300%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	60−65	0−1
Elden Ring	65−70	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	60−65	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +17400%	1−2 −17400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35	0−1
World of Tanks	220−230 +22000%	1−2 −22000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	72	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	30−35	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	17	0−1
Far Cry 5	110−120	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	95−100	0−1
Metro Exodus	74	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60	0−1
Valorant	104	0−1

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	35−40	0−1
Dota 2	65−70	0−1
Elden Ring	30−35	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	65−70	0−1
Metro Exodus	26	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	118	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	23	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	38	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	35−40	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	8	0−1
Dota 2	65−70	0−1
Far Cry 5	45−50	0−1
Fortnite	48	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	55−60	0−1
Valorant	55	0−1

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	34.66	0.28
Recency	29 January 2019	21 July 2004
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	130 nm

RTX 2070 Mobile has a 12278.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6800 LE in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce 6800 LE is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.