HD Graphics (Skylake) vs GeForce 6600 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1273not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Gen. 9 Skylake (2015)
GPU code nameNV43 A2Skylake GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 August 2004 (20 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64.95 no data

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 coresno data12
Core clock speed500 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data800 MHz
Number of transistors146 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology110 nm14 nm
Texture fill rate4.000no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR3DDR3L/LPDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12_1
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 August 2004 1 September 2015
Chip lithography 110 nm 14 nm

HD Graphics (Skylake) has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6600 GT and HD Graphics (Skylake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6600 GT is a desktop card while HD Graphics (Skylake) is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
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