AMD FirePro S7100X vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S7100X and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 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: 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD FirePro S7100X

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S7100X

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	25 May 2016 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S7100X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Name	AMD FirePro S7100X	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1283.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.677
PassMark - G3D Mark		25
PassMark - G2D Mark		234

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S7100X	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Amethyst	C61
Launch date	25 May 2016	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	751	749
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5