ATI Mobility Radeon M6 vs NVIDIA XGPU-B

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon M6 and NVIDIA XGPU-B videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements.

ATI Mobility Radeon M6

NVIDIA XGPU-B

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA XGPU-B

116.5x more core clock speed: 233 MHz vs 2 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 16 MB

Core clock speed	233 MHz vs 2 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 16 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon M6	NVIDIA XGPU-B
Essentials
Code name	M6	NV2A
Launch date	1 December 2001	15 November 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		Kelvin
Technical info
Boost clock speed	166 MHz
Core clock speed	2 MHz	233 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate		1.864 GTexel / s
Transistor count		57 million
API support
DirectX	DDR	8.1
OpenGL		1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 MB	64 MB
Memory bus width	166 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	32	DDR
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 4x