NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE vs ATI Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE and ATI Radeon 9000 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

ATI Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 1.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
12.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 51 vs 4
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 234 vs 123

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2005 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	51 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark	234 vs 123

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

234

123

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE	ATI Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	51	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	234	123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	207

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE	ATI Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 7
Code name	NV43 A2	RV250
Launch date	1 January 2005	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1292	1294
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.2 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	36 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		28 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 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR