GeForce 6600 GT and Radeon X550 XTX - video card comparison
GeForce 6600 GT
Radeon X550 XTX
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
RV410
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
January 2007
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
500 MHz
400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
120 million
Texture fill rate
4.000
3.200
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
4.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0b (9_2)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A