GeForce 6600 and GeForce FX 5600 XT - video card comparison
GeForce 6600
GeForce FX 5600 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
NV31
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
March 2003
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
300 MHz
235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
80 million
Texture fill rate
2.400
0.94
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
6.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
1.5 (2.1)
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A