GeForce 6800 XT vs Quadro FX 880M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1202not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.20no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGT216NV42
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)30 September 2005 (19 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 cores48no data
Core clock speed550 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors486 million202 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate8.8005.400
Floating-point processing power0.1162 TFLOPSno data
ROPs88
TMUs1612

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.28 GB/s38.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.13.0
OpenGL3.32.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.2-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FX 880M 223
+81.3%
6800 XT 123

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2010 30 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm

FX 880M has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 880M and GeForce 6800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 880M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce 6800 XT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
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