NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV43 | G86 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Curie | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 110 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | 210 million |
| Die size | 154 mm² | 127 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 14th, 2004 | Aug 1st, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 6 AGP | GeForce 9 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 146 in our database | 6 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce FX | GeForce 8 |
| Successor | GeForce 7 AGP | GeForce 200 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 500 MHz | 459 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 475 MHz 950 Mbps effective | 600 MHz 1200 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 918 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 15.20 GB/s | 9.600 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 3 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 16 |
| SM count | — | 2 |
| Cache L2 | — | 16 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.000 GPixel/s | 1.836 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 375.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 4.000 GTexel/s | 3.672 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 29.38 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 47 W | 50 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | 1x Molex | None |
| Board number | P218 SKU 2 | P403 |
| Length | — | 168 mm 6.6 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
