ATI Radeon HD 4670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4670 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 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 4670

NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
10x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 2.4 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
3.2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 382 vs 86
15.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 211
15.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 211

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	382 vs 86
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285 vs 211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285 vs 211

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 39 vs 35

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	39 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

211

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

211

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	86
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285	211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285	211

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV730	NV43 A2
Launch date	10 September 2008	12 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$67
Place in performance rating	1459	1691
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt
Transistor count	514 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	193 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR