ATI Radeon 3100 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 3100 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE 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 Radeon 3100 IGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 344 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 74 vs 51
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 370 vs 207
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 370 vs 207

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 March 2008 vs 1 January 2005
Core clock speed	344 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	74 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	370 vs 207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	370 vs 207

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 234 vs 228

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	234 vs 228

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 3100 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

234

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

370

207

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

370

207

Name	ATI Radeon 3100 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	74	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	228	234
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	370	207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	370	207

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 3100 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RS780	NV43 A2
Launch date	4 March 2008	1 January 2005
Place in performance rating	1265	1267
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	344 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Transistor count	180 million	146 million
Texture fill rate		1.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR