ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac $119
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra $499
120 Shaders
256MB GDDR3
700MHz
16 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
400MHz
Peak AI Performance
170 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
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FP32
170 GFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
45W
TDP
81W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
ATI
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Architecture
Curie
Family
Radeon HD 2000
Family
GeForce 6000
Codename
Shaka
RV630
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Codename
NV45
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
6/28/2007
Release Date
3/14/2005
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
IBM
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Fabrication Node
65nm
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Fabrication Node
130nm
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Die Size
153 mm²
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Die Size
287 mm²
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Transistor Count
390 Million
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Transistor Count
222 Million
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Transistor Density
2.55M/mm²
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Transistor Density
0.77M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
120 Shaders
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Shading Units
16 Shaders
6 Vertex Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
8 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Compute Units
3 CUs
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700MHz
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400MHz
Peak AI Performance
170 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
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FP32
170 GFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
2.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
6.4 GPixel/s
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Vertex Rate
0.6 GVertices/s
Texture Fillrate
5.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
6.4 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
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Unknown
L2
64KB Shared
L2
Unknown
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256MB
GDDR3
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512MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
Clock
525MHz
Transfer Rate
1.1GT/s
Bandwidth
33.6GB/s
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TDP
45W
TDP
81W
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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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
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 1.0
No Decoders
Codec
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_0
Direct X
9
Direct 3D
9_3
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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OpenGL
2.1
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Shader Model
4.0
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GFX
3
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Shader Model
3.0
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PureVideo HD
VP1
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
197 mm (7.76 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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