ATI Radeon 9200 Mac vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
            ATI Radeon 9200 Mac
            
                
            
        
    
            NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
            
                $499
            
        
    | 4 Shaders 32MB DDR 250MHz | 16 Shaders 512MB GDDR3 400MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance - | Peak AI Performance - | 
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| Form Factor AGP 8x Card 1.0-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | 
| TDP 28W | TDP 81W | 
| - - - - - | Power Connectors 1x 6-Pin - - - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
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| Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            1 GPixel/s
                                         | Pixel
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                                            6.4 GPixel/s
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                                            Vertex Rate
                                         
                                            0.063 GVertices/s
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                                            Vertex Rate
                                         
                                            0.6 GVertices/s
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| Texture
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                                            1 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
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                                            6.4 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerATI | ManufacturerNVIDIA | 
| Chip DesignerATI | Chip DesignerNVIDIA | 
| ArchitectureRage 7 | ArchitectureCurie | 
| FamilyRadeon 9000 | FamilyGeForce 6000 | 
| Codename Argus RV280 - - | Codename NV45 - - - | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 4/1/2003 | Release Date 3/14/2005 | 
| Foundry UMC - | Foundry IBM - | 
| Fabrication Node 150nm - | Fabrication Node 130nm - | 
| Die Size 98 mm² - | Die Size 287 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 36 Million - | Transistor Count 222 Million - | 
| Transistor Density 0.37M/mm² - | Transistor Density 0.77M/mm² - | 
| Form AGP 8x Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 4 Shaders 1 Vertex Shader | Shading Units 16 Shaders 6 Vertex Shaders | 
| Texture Mapping Units 4 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 16 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 4 ROPs | Render Output Units 16 ROPs | 
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| - - - 250MHz | - - - 400MHz | 
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| L1 - - - Unknown | L1 - - - Unknown | 
| L2 Unknown | L2 Unknown | 
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| 32MB DDR - | 512MB GDDR3 - | 
| Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width 256Bit | 
| Clock 200MHz Transfer Rate 400MT/s Bandwidth 6.4GB/s | Clock 525MHz Transfer Rate 1.1GT/s Bandwidth 33.6GB/s | 
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| TDP 28W | TDP 81W | 
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| 1x VGA 1x S-Video - - - - - 1x DVI-I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - 2x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| Max Resolution 1920x1200 | Max Resolution 2560x1600 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - - - | Variable Refresh Rate - - - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 2 | Multi Monitor Support 2 | 
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| No Encoders - | No Encoders - | 
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| No Decoders | No Decoders | 
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| Direct X 8 Direct 3D 8.1 | Direct X 9 Direct 3D 9_3 | 
| OpenGL 1.3 - - - - | OpenGL 2.1 - - - - | 
| Shader Model 1.4 - - GFX 1 - - - - | Shader Model 3.0 - - - - PureVideo HD VP1 - - | 
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| - - - - - - - - | Power Connectors - - 1x 6-Pin - - - - | 
| Slots Required 1.0 - - - - | Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 1.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | 
| - - - - | Multi GPU Support Supported Type 4-way SLI | 
| - - - - - - | Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 197 mm (7.76 in) Depth 37 mm (1.46 in) | 
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