GeForce 6600 vs GT 630M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	958	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	N13P-GL/GL2	NV43 A2
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 December 2011 (12 years ago)	12 August 2004 (19 years ago)
Current price	$1121	$34

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	96	no data
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	Up to 800 MHz	300 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	146 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	Up to 12.8 billion/sec	2.400
Floating-point performance	253.4 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 630M and GeForce 6600 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR3\GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	Up to 128bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 32.0 GB/s	8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	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	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
DirectX 11.2	12 API	no data
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 December 2011	12 August 2004
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	110 nm

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