NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400 vs ATI Radeon X300 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400 and ATI Radeon X300 SE 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 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 325 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Launch date 11 October 2004 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed 425 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 110 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300 SE

  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38 vs 25
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 38 vs 25

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25
38
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
242
242
Name NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400 ATI Radeon X300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark 25 38
PassMark - G2D Mark 242 242

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400 ATI Radeon X300 SE

Essentials

Architecture Curie Rage 9
Code name C61 RV370
Launch date 11 October 2004 1 September 2004
Place in performance rating 715 716
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 425 MHz 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 110 nm
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt
Transistor count 107 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0
OpenGL 2.1 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz
Memory type DDR