GeForce 6600 GT and Radeon X1600 SE - video card comparison
GeForce 6600 GT
Radeon X1600 SE
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ultra-Threaded SE
GPU code name
NV43 A2
RV515
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
2007
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
500 MHz
635 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
107 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
27 Watt
Texture fill rate
4.000
2.540
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
500 MBps
Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A