GeForce 6600 and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6600 vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
GeForce 6600
89
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
15854
GeForce 6600
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
October 2022
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
300 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
-
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
2.400
199.0
Memory type
DDR
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
8 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
N/A
3.0
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
3.0
6.7
Vulkan
N/A
1.3