ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 45 vs 23
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2006 vs 11 October 2004
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 45 vs 23

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 249 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
45
23
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
248
249
Name ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430
PassMark - G3D Mark 45 23
PassMark - G2D Mark 248 249

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Essentials

Architecture R500 Curie
Code name M56 C61
Launch date 1 February 2006 11 October 2004
Place in performance rating 697 698
Type Mobile workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 425 MHz
Core clock speed 425 MHz 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 12
Texture fill rate 5.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count 157 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCI
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 475 Bit
Memory clock speed 950 MHz
Memory type 128
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Powerplay 6.0