GeForce 6600 GT AGP and GeForce FX 5900 XT - video card comparison
GeForce 6600 GT AGP
GeForce FX 5900 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
NV35
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2004
May 2003
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
1x Molex
Core clock speed
500 MHz
400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
135 million
Power consumption (TDP)
47 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
4.000
3.200
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
950 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
15.2 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
1.5 (2.1)
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A