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.

ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

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

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	730	731
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