GeForce 6600 GT and GeForce FX 5900 XT - video card comparison
GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce FX 5900 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
NV35
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
May 2003
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
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)
-
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
1000 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
16 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