NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 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 Dual

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 350 MHz
8.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.8 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: 2x 128 MB vs 128 MB
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 550 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 128 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 550 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
PassMark - G3D Mark		34
PassMark - G2D Mark		276

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV43 A2	NV38 A1
Launch date	12 August 2004	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	608
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	2.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	135 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		55 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 16 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR