GeForce Go 6600 NPB 128M vs FirePro S9050
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 458 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.04 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | NV43 A4 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 August 2014 (12 years ago) | 29 September 2005 (20 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1792 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 375 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 146 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 100.8 | 3.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.226 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 112 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 448 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 254 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 264 GB/s | 9.6 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 August 2014 | 29 September 2005 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 110 nm |
FirePro S9050 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 293% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro S9050 and GeForce Go 6600 NPB 128M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro S9050 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce Go 6600 NPB 128M is a notebook one.
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