GeForce 6600 GT and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh - video card comparison
GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
July 2022
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
-
990 MHz
Core clock speed
500 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
-
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
4.000
63.36
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
144.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
No outputs
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
N/A
3.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
3.0
6.6
Vulkan
N/A
1.3