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NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

The NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE is a graphics card released on January 1, 2005 using a 110 nm process. It has 256 MB of DDR memory on a 128-bit bus and a boost clock of 300 MHz. It scores 51 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

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5/10 key specs recorded · 22 facts

Depth: 30 recorded fields

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 5 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

256 MB

DDR · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

300 MHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE scores 51 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 11.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,540), measured across 45 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 234.

PassMark G3D Mark

Rank #2,540
Faster than 11.7% of 2,658 GPUs
45 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface AGP 8x,PCI-E x16

Max memory 256 MB

Core clock 300 MHz

Memory clock 400 MHz

DirectX 9.0c

OpenGL 2.1

First benchmarked 2009-04-07

Samples 45

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE states the AGP 8x,PCI-E x16 interface, up to 256 MB of memory, a core clock of 300 MHz, DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1, first benchmarked on 2009-04-07. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename NV43

Chip Not recorded

Process node 110 nm

Transistors 146 M

Die size 154 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE uses the NV43 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 110 nm process, contains 146 million transistors and has a die size of 154 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units Not recorded

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) 2

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE 2 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE.

Clock speeds

Base clock 300 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE runs at a base clock of 300 MHz.

Memory

Size 256 MB

Type DDR

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE is equipped with 256 MB of DDR memory and uses a 128-bit memory bus.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE it connects over AGP 8x,PCI-E x16.

Board power (TDP) Not recorded

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface AGP 8x,PCI-E x16

Market

Launched January 1, 2005

Launch price $149

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce 6 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE was released on January 1, 2005 and launched at a price of $149.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 51

PassMark G2D 234

Rank #2,540

Samples 45

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE supports DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1.

DirectX 9.0c (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 2.1 (stated by PassMark)

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE.