GeForce 6600 and GeForce FX 5700 LE - video card comparison
GeForce 6600
GeForce FX 5700 LE
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
NV36
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
March 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
300 MHz
250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
82 million
Texture fill rate
2.400
1.000
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
3.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
1.5 (2.1)
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A