GeForce 6600 and GeForce 7600 GS AGP - video card comparison
GeForce 6600
GeForce 7600 GS AGP
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
G71
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
July 2006
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x Molex
Core clock speed
300 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
278 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
27 Watt
Texture fill rate
2.400
6.000
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
1450 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
23.2 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