ATI Radeon HD 3850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3850 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3850

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 950 MHz

Launch date	19 November 2007 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 950 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3850
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3850	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	401
PassMark - G2D Mark	29
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3850	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV670	NV43 A2
Launch date	19 November 2007	14 November 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	1463	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	208 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.1 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3