NVIDIA GeForce 6600
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
NVIDIA GeForce 6600
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
120
0.69
Value for money (0-100)
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Curie
Architecture
Maxwell
NV43 A2
Code name
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Desktop
Type
Laptop
12 August 2004 (17 years ago)
Release date
7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
$150
Price now
$499
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Value for money
20.66
NV43 A2
GPU code name
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Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
3072
300 MHz
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
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Boost Clock
1127 MHz
146 million
Transistor count
2x 5200 Million
110 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
2.400
Texture fill rate
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
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Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
146 million
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
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None
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
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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 NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI can be seen in this section.

DDR
Memory type
GDDR5
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
500 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI, the size and number of monitors.

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

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
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CUDA
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GeForce Experience
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Optimus
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
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BatteryBoost
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

9.0c (9_3)
DirectX
DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0
2.1
OpenGL
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Vulkan
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI 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 NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 6600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 6600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 6600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 6600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 6600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
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 NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Cheaper ($150 vs $499)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 2x 8 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI

47.15% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 110 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI .

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI performance benchmarks comparison

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