GeForce 6800 vs Radeon RX 5500

Place in the ranking	245	1332
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	14.44	no data
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Navi 14	NV41
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2019 (5 years ago)	8 November 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$39.99

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	1408	no data
Core clock speed	no data	325 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,400 million	190 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	162.4	3.900
Floating-point processing power	5.196 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	88	12

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	180 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None

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	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	19.2 GB/s

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	no data	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 5500 22.77
+7752%

GeForce 6800 0.29

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.

RX 5500 8784
+7743%

GeForce 6800 112

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	22.77	0.29
Recency	7 October 2019	8 November 2004
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	130 nm

RX 5500 has a 7751.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6800 in performance tests.

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