ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 498 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 141 vs 25
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2010 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	498 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	141 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	442 vs 234

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

442

234

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	141	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	442	234
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	568

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RS880	C61
Launch date	1 March 2010	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	781	783
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	498 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Transistor count	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1