NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP 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.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 425 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		144
PassMark - G2D Mark		59

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Curie
Code name	NV36 A1	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 September 2004	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	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	425 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	82 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	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0c
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3