AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
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Value for money (0-100)
1.75
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Curie
Caicos
Code name
NV43 A2
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
12 August 2004 (17 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$64.95
$10.38
Price now
$19.99 (0.3x MSRP)
Caicos
GPU code name
NV43 A2
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
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Core clock speed
500 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
146 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
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Texture fill rate
4.000
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
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370 million
Number of transistors
146 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT.

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Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
4.4
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $19.99 (0.3x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 110 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

1.46% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT .

AMD Caicos versus NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Caicos
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT