GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs 6600 GT AGP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNV43 A2AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 November 2004 (19 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 coresno data5888
Core clock speed500 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2475 MHz
Number of transistors146 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate4.000455.4
Floating-point processing powerno data29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs8184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed475 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth15.2 GB/s480.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 November 2004 20 August 2024
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 200 Watt

6600 GT AGP has 325.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 19 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6600 GT AGP and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.


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