NVIDIA GeForce 6600 vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and ATI Radeon 9600 XT 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

ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 86 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 August 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	86 vs 35

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 147 vs 39

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	147 vs 39

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6600
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

147

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	86	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	39	147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	211

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	NV43 A2	RV360
Launch date	12 August 2004	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1691	1149
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	76 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		22 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 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR