GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs 6600 LE AGP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNV43AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2005 (19 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 data5888
Core clock speed300 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2475 MHz
Number of transistors146 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data200 Watt
Texture fill rate1.200455.4
Floating-point processing powerno data29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs4184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s480.0 GB/s

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-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.8
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 5 nm

RTX 4070 GDDR6 has a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6600 LE AGP and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE AGP
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