UHD Graphics 16EU Mobile vs GeForce 6600
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1369 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Generation 12.1 (2020−2021) |
| GPU code name | NV43 A2 | Tiger Lake GT1 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 August 2004 (20 years ago) | 2021 (3 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 cores | no data | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 146 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.400 | 11.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.3712 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | Ring Bus |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | DDR | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 250 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 10 nm |
UHD Graphics 16EU Mobile has a 1000% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 6600 and UHD Graphics 16EU Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 6600 is a desktop card while UHD Graphics 16EU Mobile is a notebook one.
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