Radeon HD 7470 OEM 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)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameNV43 A2Caicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 August 2004 (20 years ago)5 January 2012 (12 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.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data160
Core clock speed500 MHz750 MHz
Number of transistors146 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data27 Watt
Texture fill rate4.0006.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.24 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s28.8 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 DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 August 2004 5 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 40 nm

HD 7470 OEM has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6600 GT and Radeon HD 7470 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
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