GeForce 6600 GT AGP vs 8600 GTS
Primary Details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | G84 | NV43 A2 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 17 April 2007 (17 years ago) | 14 November 2004 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | no data |
| Current price | $84 (0.4x MSRP) | no data |
Detailed Specifications
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 cores | 32 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 675 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 289 million | 146 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 47 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.8 billion/sec | 4.000 |
| Floating-point performance | 92.8 gflops | no 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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Length | 198 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x Molex |
| SLI options | + | no data |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
| Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 32 GB/s | 15.2 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API Compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | no data |
Pros & Cons Summary
| Recency | 17 April 2007 | 14 November 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 47 Watt |
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce 6600 GT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
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