GeForce 6600 GT vs Radeon 530

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking807not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.82no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameWestonNV43 A2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)12 August 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64.95

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 cores384no data
Core clock speed730 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1024 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million146 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate24.584.000
Floating-point processing power0.7864 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs248

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 3.0 x8PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-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 typeDDR3/GDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s16 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.33.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Radeon 530 1021
+619%
6600 GT 142

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2017 12 August 2004
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm

Radeon 530 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 530 and GeForce 6600 GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 530 is a notebook card while GeForce 6600 GT is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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