ATI FireGL V3600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL V3600 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FireGL V3600

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3600

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 180 vs 25
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	180 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 234

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL V3600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

180

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

234

Name	ATI FireGL V3600	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	180	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	234
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1755
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1755

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL V3600	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV630	C61
Launch date	28 June 2007	11 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	746	748
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	73 Watt
Transistor count	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2