NVIDIA GeForce 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV43 | GA106 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Curie | Ampere |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
| Manufacturing process | 110 nm | 8 nm |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | 13,250 million |
| Die size | 154 mm² | 276 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | GA106-300-A1 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 12th, 2004 | Jan 12th, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 6 PCIe | GeForce 30 |
| Production | End-of-life | Active |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 146 in our database | 60 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce PCX | GeForce 20 |
| Successor | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
| gpu.details.availability | — | Feb 25th, 2021 |
| Launch price | — | 329 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 300 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective | 1875 MHz 15 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1320 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1777 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 12 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 8.000 GB/s | 360.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 3 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 112 |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| Shading units | — | 3584 |
| SM count | — | 28 |
| Tensor cores | — | 112 |
| RT cores | — | 28 |
| Cache L1 | — | 128 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 3 MB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.200 GPixel/s | 85.30 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 225.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 2.400 GTexel/s | 199.0 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 12.74 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 170 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 450 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 12-pin |
| Board number | P229, P295 | PG190 SKU 60 |
| 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 |
