NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz
17.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 143 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 August 2004 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	143 vs 8

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 53

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	154 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

154

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	143	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	154

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV43 A2	NV34 A2
Launch date	12 August 2004	6 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$64.95	$69.99
Place in performance rating	1588	1119
Price now	$64.95	$69.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.05	0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	45 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR