NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV43 | GA104 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Curie | Ampere |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
| Manufacturing process | 110 nm | 8 nm |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | 17,400 million |
| Die size | 154 mm² | 392 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | GA104-200-A1 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 12th, 2004 | Dec 1st, 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 6 PCIe | GeForce 30 |
| Production | End-of-life | Active |
| Launch price | 199 USD | 399 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 146 in our database | 64 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce PCX | GeForce 20 |
| Successor | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
| gpu.details.availability | — | Dec 2nd, 2020 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 500 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1410 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1665 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 8 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 16.00 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 3 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 152 |
| ROPs | 4 | 80 |
| Shading units | — | 4864 |
| SM count | — | 38 |
| Tensor cores | — | 152 |
| RT cores | — | 38 |
| Cache L1 | — | 128 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 4 MB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.000 GPixel/s | 133.2 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 375.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 4.000 GTexel/s | 253.1 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 16.20 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 16.20 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 253.1 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 200 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 550 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 12-pin |
| Board number | P216 | PG142 SKU 20 |
| Length | — | 242 mm 9.5 inches |
| Width | — | 112 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 6.6 |
| CUDA | — | 8.6 |
