AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 6800

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 6800. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
not rated
Value for money (0-100)
3.21
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Curie
Baffin
Code name
NV40
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
14 April 2004 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)
$39.99
$78
Price now
$130 (3.3x MSRP)
4.0
GCN generation
no data
Baffin
GPU code name
NV40
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
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855 MHz
Core clock speed
325 MHz
1200 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
3,000 million
Transistor count
222 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
80 W
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
Texture fill rate
3.900
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
3,000 million
Number of transistors
222 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 6800.

Interface
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 can be seen in this section.

Memory type
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 6800, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Technologies

The difference between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 is the additional functionality.

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 6800. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
4.6
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Baffin

Cheaper ($78 vs $130 (3.3x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 130 nm)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 6800

0.36% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce 6800?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 6800 .

AMD Baffin versus NVIDIA GeForce 6800 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Baffin
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 6800