NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 and ATI Mobility Radeon X600 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 420

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 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 130 nm
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 October 2004 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed 425 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 234 vs 233

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X600 SE

  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 49 vs 25
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 49 vs 25

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25
49
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
234
233
Name NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 ATI Mobility Radeon X600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark 25 49
PassMark - G2D Mark 234 233

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 ATI Mobility Radeon X600 SE

Essentials

Architecture Curie Rage 9
Code name C61 M24
Launch date 11 October 2004 1 June 2004
Place in performance rating 747 748
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 425 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 75 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI PCIe 1.0 x16

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0b
OpenGL 2.1 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz
Memory type DDR