NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 500 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 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: 512 MB vs 256 MB
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 143

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2008 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 143

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 53 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	53 vs 44

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

477

143

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	477	143
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	53
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G94	NV43 A2
Launch date	21 February 2008	12 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$64.95
Place in performance rating	1587	1588
Price now	$39.99	$64.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	23.72	2.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	1625 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI