NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 112 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 12 August 2004
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	112 vs 59

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 144 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	144 vs 66

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

144

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	66	144
PassMark - G2D Mark	112	59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	240
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	240

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G72	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 February 2006	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1552	1554
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$64.95
Price now		$64.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	4
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	112 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.6 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	450 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	64 / 32	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II