NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 4.32 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 95 vs 86
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 620 vs 211
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 620 vs 211

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2008 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	95 vs 86
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	620 vs 211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	620 vs 211

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 39 vs 37

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	39 vs 37

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE
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

620

211

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

620

211

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
PassMark - G3D Mark	95	86
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	10.49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	620	211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	620	211

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 June 2008	12 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$22.99
Place in performance rating	1693	1691
Price now	$22.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.67
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	210 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	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	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR