Intel GMA 600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

What is the difference between Intel GMA 600 and NVIDIA GeForce 6500. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

LincroftGPU NameNV44
PowerVR SGX535ArchitectureCurie
IntelFoundryTSMC
45 nmProcess Size110 nm
140 millionTransistors75 million
62 mm²Die Size110 mm²

Graphics Card

May 4th, 2010Release DateOct 1st, 2005
GMA Graphics-T
(GMA 600 IGP)
FamilyGeForce 6 PCIe
(6500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

System SharedMemory Size128 MB
System SharedMemory TypeDDR2
System SharedMemory Bus128 bit
System DependentBandwidth8.512 GB/s

Performance

400.0 MPixel/sPixel fillrate800.0 MPixel/s
1.600 GTexel/sTexture fillrate1.600 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

System SharedMemory Clock266 MHz
532 Mbps effective
400 MHzGPU Clock400 MHz

Render Config

4TMUs4
1ROPs2

Board Design

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

API support

10.1DirectX9.0c (9_3)
ES 2.0OpenGL2.1
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.1Shader Model3.0