NVIDIA GeForce 6100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6100 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 6100

NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6100

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 39

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 October 2004 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	44 vs 39

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600

3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 86 vs 27
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 211 vs 111
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 211 vs 111

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	86 vs 27
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	211 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	211 vs 111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

211

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

211

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6100	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
PassMark - G3D Mark	27	86
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	111	211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	111	211

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6100	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	C51	NV43 A2
Launch date	11 October 2004	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1688	1686
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate		2.4 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		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		DDR