
GeForce 6800 LE and GeForce 6600 VE - video card comparison
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 6600 VE
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
NV40
NV43
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2004
2005
Interface
AGP 8x
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
None
Core clock speed
300 MHz
300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
146 million
Texture fill rate
2.400
1.200
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
400 MBps
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s
6.4 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 (full)
Shader Model3.03.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A