NVIDIA GeForce 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV43 | GP104 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Curie | Pascal |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 110 nm | 16 nm |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | 7,200 million |
| Die size | 154 mm² | 314 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | GP104-200-A1 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 12th, 2004 | Jun 10th, 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 6 PCIe | GeForce 10 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 146 in our database | 125 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce PCX | GeForce 900 |
| Successor | GeForce 7 PCIe | GeForce 20 |
| Launch price | — | 379 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 300 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective | 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1506 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1683 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 8 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 8.000 GB/s | 256.3 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 3 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 120 |
| ROPs | 4 | 64 |
| Shading units | — | 1920 |
| SM count | — | 15 |
| Cache L1 | — | 48 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 2 MB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.200 GPixel/s | 107.7 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 225.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 2.400 GTexel/s | 202.0 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 101.0 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 6.463 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 202.0 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 150 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 450 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
| Board number | P229, P295 | PG411 SKU 20 |
| Length | — | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Width | — | 112 mm 4.4 inches |
| Height | — | 40 mm 1.6 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 6.1 |
