GeForce 9800 GTX and GeForce 6600 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce 6600
GeForce 9800 GTX
792
GeForce 6600
89
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 6600
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
G92
NV43 A2
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2008
August 2004
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
675 MHz
300 MHz
CUDA cores
128
-
Floating-point performance
432.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
146 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
-
Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
43.2 billion/sec
2.400
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
8 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
Via Adapter
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A