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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 | ATI Mobility Radeon X600 SE |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 25 | 49 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 234 | 233 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 | ATI Mobility Radeon X600 SE | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | Rage 9 |
Code name | C61 | M24 |
Launch date | 11 October 2004 | 1 June 2004 |
Place in performance rating | 748 | 749 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCI | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | |
Memory bandwidth | 8 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | |
Memory type | DDR |