NVIDIA GeForce 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV43 | GM107 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Curie | Maxwell |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 110 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | 1,870 million |
| Die size | 154 mm² | 148 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | N16S-GT1R |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 12th, 2004 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 6 PCIe | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 146 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce PCX | — |
| Successor | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 300 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective | 1253 MHz 5 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 795 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 861 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 8.000 GB/s | 40.10 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 3 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Shading units | — | 512 |
| SMM count | — | 4 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 1024 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.200 GPixel/s | 6.888 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 225.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 2.400 GTexel/s | 27.55 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 881.7 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 27.55 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 23 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | P229, P295 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 5.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jun 28th, 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 900M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 800M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 10 Mobile |
