AMD FirePro D500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro D500 and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD FirePro D500

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D500

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	18 January 2014 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro D500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Name	AMD FirePro D500	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430
Geekbench - OpenCL	17922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
PassMark - G3D Mark		23
PassMark - G2D Mark		249

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro D500	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Tahiti	C61
Launch date	18 January 2014	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	699	702
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	69.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	274 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	279 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5