NVIDIA GeForce 9200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9200 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 169 vs 86
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 502 vs 211
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 502 vs 211
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 April 2007 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 169 vs 86
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 502 vs 211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 502 vs 211

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600

  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 39 vs 27
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 39 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
169
86
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
27
39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
502
211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
502
211
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9200 NVIDIA GeForce 6600
PassMark - G3D Mark 169 86
PassMark - G2D Mark 27 39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 502 211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 502 211

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9200 NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name C78 NV43 A2
Launch date 17 April 2007 12 August 2004
Place in performance rating 1684 1686
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt
Transistor count 210 million 146 million
Texture fill rate 2.4 GTexel / s

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 PCI PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz
Memory type DDR