GeForce 6600 GT AGP vs Quadro P3000 Mobile
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 380 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 15.63 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | GP104 | NV43 A2 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 11 January 2017 (8 years ago) | 14 November 2004 (21 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 cores | 1280 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1088 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1215 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 146 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 47 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 97.20 | 4.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.11 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 48 | 4 |
| TMUs | 80 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 480 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 1536 KB | 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x Molex |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1753 MHz | 475 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 168 GB/s | 15.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
| Display Port | 1.4 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
| 3D Stereo | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| nView Display Management | + | no data |
| Optimus | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 January 2017 | 14 November 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 47 Watt |
P3000 Mobile has an age advantage of 12 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.
6600 GT AGP, on the other hand, has 59.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro P3000 Mobile and GeForce 6600 GT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro P3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce 6600 GT AGP is a desktop one.
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