GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL vs Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking293not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.53no data
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameNeptune CFNV40
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 March 2014 (10 years ago)14 April 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores2560no data
Core clock speed850 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors2x 2800 Million222 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data6.400
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data16

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataAGP Pro 8x
Lengthno data305 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 4 GB256 MB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz550 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data35.2 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 data2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2014 14 April 2004
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 100 Watt

R9 M290X Crossfire has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

6800 Ultra DDL, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire and GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire is a notebook card while GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire
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NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL
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