NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1010 MHz vs 950 MHz

Launch date	20 April 2006 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1010 MHz vs 950 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 104 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 104 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	NV43 A2
Launch date	20 April 2006	14 November 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	104 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.3 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1010 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3