GeForce 6600 GT AGP vs Radeon Pro 450

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	522	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.29	no data
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Polaris 11	NV43 A2
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	27 October 2016 (7 years ago)	14 November 2004 (19 years ago)
Current price	$183	no data

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	640	no data
Core clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	146 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	47 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.00	4.000
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon Pro 450 and GeForce 6600 GT AGP 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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	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	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	950 MHz
Memory bandwidth	81.28 GB/s	15.2 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

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.4	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 October 2016	14 November 2004
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	47 Watt

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