GeForce 6600 and Radeon X1600 PRO AGP - video card comparison
GeForce 6600
Radeon X1600 PRO AGP
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
RV530
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
October 2007
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
Floppy
Core clock speed
300 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
157 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
41 Watt
Texture fill rate
2.400
2.000
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
780 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
12.48 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
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A