GeForce 6600 GT and Radeon X600 XT - video card comparison
GeForce 6600 GT
Radeon X600 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
RV380
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
September 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
500 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
75 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
25 Watt
Texture fill rate
4.000
2.000
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
740 MHz
Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
11.84 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
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A