NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 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 Go 6600

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 375 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2005 vs 8 November 2004
Boost clock speed	375 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 205

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 3.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 12 vs 8
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 106 vs 69

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	12 vs 8
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	106 vs 69

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

205

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	69	106
PassMark - G2D Mark	209	205

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV43 A2	NV41
Launch date	29 September 2005	8 November 2004
Place in performance rating	882	883
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	375 MHz	300 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	8	12
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-III
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	300 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	128	128 / 256
Shared memory	0	0