NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 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 8300 GS

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 12 August 2004
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	111 vs 59

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 459 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 144 vs 115

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	144 vs 115

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

144

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	144
PassMark - G2D Mark	111	59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	441

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G86	NV43 A2
Launch date	17 April 2007	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1543	1545
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$64.95
Price now		$64.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	459 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	3.67 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	146 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 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3