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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
Length | 191 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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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 |