NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 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 7300 LE

NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 666 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 43 vs 39

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2006 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	666 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	43 vs 39

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 86 vs 79
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 211 vs 111
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 211 vs 111

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	86 vs 79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	211 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	211 vs 111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

211

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

211

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
PassMark - G3D Mark	79	86
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	111	211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	111	211

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G72	NV43 A2
Launch date	22 March 2006	12 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$32
Place in performance rating	1684	1686
Price now	$32
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.25
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	112 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 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	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR