GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6500 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6600 vs GeForce 6500
GeForce 6600
89
GeForce 6500
39
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6500
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
NV44 A2
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
October 2005
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Core clock speed
300 MHz
400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
75 million
Texture fill rate
2.400
1.600
Memory type
DDR
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
532 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
8.512 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