GeForce FX 5600 and GeForce 6600 GT AGP - video card comparison
GeForce FX 5600
GeForce 6600 GT AGP
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
NV31
NV43 A2
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2003
November 2004
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x Molex
Core clock speed
325 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
80 million
146 million
Power consumption (TDP)
37 Watt
47 Watt
Texture fill rate
1.300
4.000
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
950 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
15.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0a
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)
2.1
Shader Model
-
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A