GeForce 6600 and GeForce3 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6600 vs GeForce3
GeForce 6600
89
GeForce3
4
GeForce 6600
GeForce3
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
NV20 A5
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
February 2001
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
300 MHz
200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
57 million
Texture fill rate
2.400
1.600
Memory type
DDR
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
64 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
230 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
3.68 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
8.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
1.3
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A