NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP vs ATI Radeon 9600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP and ATI Radeon 9600 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

ATI Radeon 9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 324 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 378 MHz

Launch date	14 November 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	950 MHz vs 378 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600

3.9x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 47 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 47 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP	ATI Radeon 9600
PassMark - G3D Mark		25
PassMark - G2D Mark		150

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP	ATI Radeon 9600
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	NV43 A2	RV350
Launch date	14 November 2004	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1133
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	324 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	146 million	76 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	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s	6.05 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz	378 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR