GeForce 6600 vs Radeon HD 7670A

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7670A with GeForce 6600, including specs and performance data.

HD 7670A
2012
1 GB GDDR5, 45 Watt
2.51
+1095%

HD 7670A outperforms 6600 by a whopping 1095% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8531422
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.25no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameTurksNV43 A2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2012 (13 years ago)12 August 2004 (20 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 cores480no data
Core clock speed600 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors716 million146 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate14.402.400
Floating-point processing power0.576 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs248

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).

InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s8 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.03.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.2N/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.

HD 7670A 2.51
+1095%
GeForce 6600 0.21

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.

HD 7670A 1050
+1121%
GeForce 6600 86

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


Performance score 2.51 0.21
Recency 5 January 2012 12 August 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm

HD 7670A has a 1095.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 7670A is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7670A is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 6600 is a desktop one.

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