ATI Radeon X1650 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400 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.

ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 85 vs 25

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 August 2006 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	85 vs 25

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	242 vs 241

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

241

242

Name	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400
PassMark - G3D Mark	85	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	241	242

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV535	C61
Launch date	23 August 2006	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	716	717
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt
Transistor count	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3