ION vs GeForce 6600

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 6600 with ION, including specs and performance data.

GeForce 6600
2004
256 MB DDR
0.22

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13691373
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.75
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameNV43 A2C7A-ION
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 August 2004 (20 years ago)3 June 2008 (16 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 coresno data16
Core clock speed300 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors146 million282 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data20 Watt
Texture fill rate2.4003.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0352 TFLOPS
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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCI
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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed250 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model3.04.0
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 6600 0.22
ION 0.22

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 6600 86
+2.4%
ION 84

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 August 2004 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 110 nm 65 nm

ION has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 69.2% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce 6600 and ION.

Be aware that GeForce 6600 is a desktop card while ION is a notebook one.


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