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.
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 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 143 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 53 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP | NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rankine | Curie |
Code name | NV36 A1 | NV43 A2 |
Launch date | 1 September 2004 | 12 August 2004 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 1581 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $64.95 | |
Price now | $64.95 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 2.05 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0a | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |