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.

 

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
71
25
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 713 715
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