ATI Radeon 9250 PCI vs GeForce 6600 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1273not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameNV43 A2RV280
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 August 2004 (20 years ago)1 March 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64.95 no data

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.

Core clock speed500 MHz240 MHz
Number of transistors146 million36 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm150 nm
Texture fill rate4.0000.96
ROPs44
TMUs84

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCI
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount128 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s3.2 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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)8.1
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.11.4
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 August 2004 1 March 2004
Chip lithography 110 nm 150 nm

6600 GT has an age advantage of 5 months, and a 36.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6600 GT and Radeon 9250 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.


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