NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430 vs ATI Radeon X700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430 and ATI Radeon X700 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 430

ATI Radeon X700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 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 110 nm

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 October 2004 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	249 vs 248

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700

3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 73 vs 23

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	73 vs 23

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

249

248

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430	ATI Radeon X700
PassMark - G3D Mark	23	73
PassMark - G2D Mark	249	248

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430	ATI Radeon X700
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	C61	RV410
Launch date	11 October 2004	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	688	690
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate		3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		44 Watt
Transistor count		120 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	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		DDR