ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 500 MHz
5.4x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 463 vs 143
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 375 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	463 vs 143
PassMark - G2D Mark	375 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

463

143

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

375

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	463	143
PassMark - G2D Mark	375	53
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2907
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2907

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	M96	NV43 A2
Launch date	9 January 2009	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	709	1588
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$64.95
Price now		$64.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay