NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT and ATI Radeon 9600 XT 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

ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 2 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: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 143 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 August 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	143 vs 35

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 147 vs 53

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	147 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

147

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	143	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	147

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	NV43 A2	RV360
Launch date	12 August 2004	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$64.95
Place in performance rating	1588	1149
Price now	$64.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	76 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		22 Watt
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	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR