ATI Radeon X550 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 XTX 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 X550 XTX

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 71 vs 25

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 January 2007 vs 11 October 2004
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	71 vs 25

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 242 vs 240

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	242 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 XTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

242

Name	ATI Radeon X550 XTX	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400
PassMark - G3D Mark	71	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	242

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X550 XTX	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	RV410	C61
Launch date	24 January 2007	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	715	717
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR