GeForce 6800 Ultra vs Radeon RX 470 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking299not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.56no data
Power efficiency15.41no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameEllesmereNV45
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)26 July 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549.99 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2048no data
Core clock speed926 MHz425 MHz
Boost clock speed1074 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt81 Watt
Texture fill rate137.56.800
Floating-point processing power4.399 TFLOPSno data
ROPs3216
TMUs12816

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data197 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 amount8 GB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz550 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s35.2 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 outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 August 2016 26 July 2004
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 81 Watt

RX 470 Mobile has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

6800 Ultra, on the other hand, has 4.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 470 Mobile and GeForce 6800 Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 470 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce 6800 Ultra is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
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