NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 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.

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 400 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 209

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 29 September 2005
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	400 MHz vs 375 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 209

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600

Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 8 vs 4
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 69 vs 24

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	8 vs 4
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	69 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

209

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
PassMark - G3D Mark	24	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	209

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV44 A2	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 February 2006	29 September 2005
Place in performance rating	829	837
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz	375 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	4	8
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	75 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.6 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	350 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	64	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
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