NVIDIA GeForce 6150 vs ATI FireGL V5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6150 and ATI FireGL V5100 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 6150

ATI FireGL V5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6150

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm

Launch date	11 October 2004 vs 1 May 2004
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5100

4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 93 vs 22

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	93 vs 22

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6150
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6150	ATI FireGL V5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	22	93
PassMark - G2D Mark	250	250

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6150	ATI FireGL V5100
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	C51	R423
Launch date	11 October 2004	1 May 2004
Place in performance rating	722	723
Price now	$149.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.18
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate		5.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count		160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		211 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Memory type		DDR