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).

 

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
51
17
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 1267 1268
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