NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- 4.9x more core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 300 MHz
- 31.7x more texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
- 11.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 576 vs 51
- 9.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1876 vs 207
- 9.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1876 vs 207
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 March 2009 vs 1 January 2005 |
| Core clock speed | 1463 MHz vs 300 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 38 billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 110 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 256 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 576 vs 51 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1876 vs 207 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1876 vs 207 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
- Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 234 vs 153
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 234 vs 153 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M | NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 576 | 51 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 153 | 234 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1876 | 207 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1876 | 207 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M | NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
| Code name | G92 | NV43 A2 |
| Launch date | 3 March 2009 | 1 January 2005 |
| Place in performance rating | 1262 | 1265 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1463 MHz | 300 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 128 | |
| Floating-point performance | 374.5 gflops | |
| Gigaflops | 562 | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 110 nm |
| Pipelines | 128 | |
| Texture fill rate | 38 billion / sec | 1.2 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 754 million | 146 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
| Display Connectors | HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
| Interface | MXM-IV | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 61 GB / s | 6.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | |
Technologies |
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| HybridPower | ||
| Power management | 8.0 | |
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