GeForce 6800 XT vs UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking373not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency63.87no data
Architectureno dataCurie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameRocket Lake GT1NV42
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 March 2021 (3 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.

Core clock speedno data450 MHz
Number of transistorsno data202 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data5.400
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data12

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).

Interfaceno dataAGP 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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data600 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data38.4 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 data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2021 30 September 2005
Chip lithography 14 nm 110 nm

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) and GeForce 6800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is a notebook card while GeForce 6800 XT is a desktop one.


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Intel UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)
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