NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	950 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark		89
PassMark - G2D Mark		288

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV43 A2	NV43 A2
Launch date	14 November 2004	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	569
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt
Transistor count	146 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3