AMD Radeon HD 6950M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 6800

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6950M and NVIDIA GeForce 6800. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

475
Place in performance rating
not rated
no data
Value for money (0-100)
3.21
Terascale 2
Architecture
Curie
Blackcomb
Code name
NV40
Laptop
Type
Desktop
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
14 April 2004 (17 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$39.99
$338
Price now
$130 (3.3x MSRP)
0.87
Value for money
no data
Blackcomb Pro
GPU code name
NV40
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 6950M and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

960
Pipelines
no data
580 MHz
Core clock speed
325 MHz
1,700 million
Transistor count
222 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
27.84
Texture fill rate
3.900
1,113.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
1,700 million
Number of transistors
222 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 6950M and NVIDIA GeForce 6800.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
AGP 8x
no data
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
large
Laptop size
no data

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 Radeon HD 6950M and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s
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Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6950M and NVIDIA GeForce 6800, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 6950M and NVIDIA GeForce 6800. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
4.4
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6950M 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 Radeon HD 6950M or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6950M
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6950M
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6950M
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6950M
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6950M
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 Radeon HD 6950M

7.38% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 130 nm)

More memory bandwidth (115.2 GB/s vs 22.4 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Cheaper ($130 (3.3x MSRP) vs $338)

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6950M or NVIDIA GeForce 6800?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6950M .

AMD Radeon HD 6950M versus NVIDIA GeForce 6800 performance benchmarks comparison

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