ATI Radeon X1600 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO 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.

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 47 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 14 November 2004
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 47 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

2x more texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 780 MHz

Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	950 MHz vs 780 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	99
PassMark - G2D Mark	273

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 October 2007	14 November 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	634	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3