NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP 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 7800 GTX

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 430 MHz vs 300 MHz
8.6x more texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	22 June 2005 vs 1 January 2005
Core clock speed	430 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	291
PassMark - G2D Mark	196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1244

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G70	NV43 A2
Launch date	22 June 2005	1 January 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	1261	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	430 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	86 Watt
Transistor count	302 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	228 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR