GeForce 6600 and Radeon X1650 XT - video card comparison
GeForce 6600
Radeon X1650 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name
NV43 A2
RV560
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2004
October 2006
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
300 MHz
525 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
146 million
330 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
55 Watt
Texture fill rate
2.400
4.200
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 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