NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
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
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 51 vs 17
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 234 vs 122

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2005 vs 17 March 2003
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	51 vs 17
PassMark - G2D Mark	234 vs 122

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.4 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: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

234

122

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	51	17
PassMark - G2D Mark	234	122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	207

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV43 A2	NV31 A1
Launch date	1 January 2005	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1261	1262
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.2 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	80 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	1x Molex
Length		191 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
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