GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6800 GT DDL - video card comparison
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6800 GT DDL
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
NV40
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
April 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP Pro 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
300 MHz
350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
222 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
80 Watt
Texture fill rate
2.400
5.600
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
32 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
2x DVI
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