NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE vs ATI Radeon X700 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE and ATI Radeon X700 LE 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 X700 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 LE

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 LE

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE	ATI Radeon X700 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	234
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	207

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE	ATI Radeon X700 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	NV43 A2	RV410
Launch date	1 January 2005	21 December 2004
Place in performance rating	1267	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1.2 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	120 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR