ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6150

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 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 6150

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 45 vs 22

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 11 October 2004
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	45 vs 22

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6150

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 425 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 250 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 425 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	250 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6150

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

248

250

Name	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200	NVIDIA GeForce 6150
PassMark - G3D Mark	45	22
PassMark - G2D Mark	248	250

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200	NVIDIA GeForce 6150
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	M56	C51
Launch date	1 February 2006	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	691	693
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Price now		$149.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	425 MHz
Core clock speed	425 MHz	475 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