NVIDIA GeForce 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV43 | NV34B |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Curie | Rankine |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 110 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | 45 million |
| Die size | 154 mm² | 91 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | FX 5500 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 12th, 2004 | Mar 17th, 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 6 PCIe | GeForce FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | 146 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce PCX | GeForce 4 Ti |
| Successor | GeForce 7 PCIe | GeForce 6 AGP |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 300 MHz | 270 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective | 166 MHz 332 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 64 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 8.000 GB/s | 5.312 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 3 | 2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 4 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.200 GPixel/s | 1.080 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 225.0 MVertices/s | 135.0 MVertices/s |
| Texture rate | 2.400 GTexel/s | 1.080 GTexel/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | P229, P295 | — |
| Length | — | 152 mm 6 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0a |
