AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 760 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 90 nm
24.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 567 vs 23

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	760 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	567 vs 23

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 249 vs 226

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	249 vs 226

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

567

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

249

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	567	23
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	249

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8550D IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Curie
Code name	Scrapper	C61
Launch date	23 May 2013	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	705	702
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	844 MHz
Core clock speed	760 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCI
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1