NVIDIA ION 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

What is the difference between NVIDIA ION 2 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GT218GPU NameNV43
Tesla 2.0ArchitectureCurie
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size110 nm
260 millionTransistors146 million
57 mm²Die Size154 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 3rd, 2008Release DateAug 12th, 2004
IONFamilyGeForce 6 PCIe
(6600)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

System SharedMemory Size128 MB
System SharedMemory TypeGDDR3
System SharedMemory Bus128 bit
System DependentBandwidth16.00 GB/s

Performance

2.000 GPixel/sPixel fillrate2.000 GPixel/s
4.000 GTexel/sTexture fillrate4.000 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

System SharedMemory Clock500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
500 MHzGPU Clock500 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
4ROPs4

Board Design

IGPSlot WidthSingle-slot
20 WThermal design power (TDP)unknown
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video

API support

11.1 (10_1)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.3OpenGL2.0 (full)
2.1 (partial)
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.1Shader Model3.0