Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)no data
GPU code nameNV43 A2no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 November 2004 (19 years old)10 November 2020 (3 years old)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data7
Core clock speed500 MHz1278 MHz
Number of transistors146 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology110 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.000no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 6600 GT AGP and Apple M1 7-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfaceAGP 8xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed950 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth15.2 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)no data
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/Ano data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 14 November 2004 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 110 nm 5 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6600 GT AGP and Apple M1 7-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6600 GT AGP is a desktop card while Apple M1 7-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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