NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 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 405

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 October 2004 vs 12 August 2004
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	56 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 425 MHz
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 143 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 425 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	143 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	27	143
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	53

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	C61	NV43 A2
Launch date	11 October 2004	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1580	1581
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$64.95
Price now		$64.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate		4 GTexel / s
Transistor count		146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		16 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3