GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce 6600 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce 6600
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce 6600
89
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 6600
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GT200
NV43 A2
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
August 2004
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
300 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
476.9 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
146 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
-
Power consumption (TDP)
182 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
36.9 billion/sec
2.400
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
896 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
448 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
999 MHz
500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
111.9 GB/s
8 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
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