GeForce 6600 GT Dual vs 305M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1259not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.91no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGT218NV43 A2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 January 2010 (14 years ago)12 August 2004 (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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16no data
Core clock speed525 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors260 million146 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.2004.000
Floating-point processing power0.0368 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops55no data
ROPs44
TMUs88

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 supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amountUp to 512 MB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz560 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s17.92 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.13.0
OpenGL2.12.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2010 12 August 2004
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm

GeForce 305M has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 305M and GeForce 6600 GT Dual. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 305M is a notebook card while GeForce 6600 GT Dual is a desktop one.


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