GeForce 6600 GT AGP vs ATI Radeon HD 3830

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameRV670NV43 A2
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2008 (16 years ago)14 November 2004 (19 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 cores320no data
Core clock speed668 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors666 million146 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt47 Watt
Texture fill rate10.694.000
Floating-point processing power0.4275 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs168

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 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x Molex

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed828 MHz475 MHz
Memory bandwidth26.5 GB/s15.2 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.13.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2008 14 November 2004
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 47 Watt

ATI HD 3830 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

6600 GT AGP, on the other hand, has 59.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3830 and GeForce 6600 GT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.


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