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.

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

ATI Radeon X300 SE

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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	754	755
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