ATI Radeon HD 3200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3200 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3200

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3200

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
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 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 82 vs 51
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 386 vs 207
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 386 vs 207

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 1 January 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	82 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	386 vs 207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	386 vs 207

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 234 vs 227

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	234 vs 227

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

234

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

386

207

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

386

207

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3200	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
PassMark - G2D Mark	227	234
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	386	207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	386	207

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3200	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	Curie
Code name	RS780M	NV43 A2
Launch date	4 June 2008	1 January 2005
Place in performance rating	1264	1267
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	40
Transistor count	181 Million	146 million
Texture fill rate		1.2 GTexel / s
API support
DirectX	10	9.0c
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Shared memory	yes
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None