NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 615 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 4.712 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 66 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 February 2013 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed	615 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.712 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	66 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 143 vs 118

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	143 vs 118

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

118

143

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	66	53
PassMark - G3D Mark	118	143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1079
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1079

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 505 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT216	NV43 A2
Launch date	17 February 2013	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1584	1581
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$64.95
Price now		$64.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	615 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.712 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3