GeForce 6600 GT AGP vs GTX 860M SLI

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking395not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.19no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameno dataNV43 A2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years ago)14 November 2004 (20 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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed1029 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors2x 1870 Million146 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt47 Watt
Texture fill rateno data4.000
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x Molex
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 4 GB128 MB
Memory bus width2x 128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz475 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data15.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno data1x 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.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2014 14 November 2004
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 47 Watt

GTX 860M SLI has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

6600 GT AGP, on the other hand, has 155.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 860M SLI and GeForce 6600 GT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 860M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce 6600 GT AGP is a desktop one.


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