NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 92% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 300 MHz
30.7x more texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 256 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz
11.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 590 vs 51
16.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 207
16.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 207

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 November 2006 vs 1 January 2005
Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	590 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 207

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 234 vs 98

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	234 vs 98

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

234

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

207

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

207

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	590	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	98	234
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	207

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G80	NV43 A2
Launch date	8 November 2006	1 January 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	1266	1267
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	575
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt
Transistor count	681 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
SLI