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.

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

ATI Mobility Radeon X600 SE

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

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	749	750
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