UHD Graphics vs GeForce 6600 GT AGP
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 600 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 7 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Generation 11.0 (2019−2021) |
| GPU code name | NV43 A2 | Jasper Lake GT1 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 November 2004 (19 years ago) | 11 January 2021 (3 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 cores | no data | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 10 nm+ |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 47 Watt | 10 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 12.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.384 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | Ring Bus |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | 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 | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 475 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 15.2 GB/s | no data |
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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 November 2004 | 11 January 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 47 Watt | 10 Watt |
UHD Graphics has an age advantage of 16 years, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 370% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 6600 GT AGP and UHD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.
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