NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 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 6700 XL

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 525 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 332 MHz
11.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 95 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 November 2004 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	525 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	95 vs 8

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

190.5x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 247 vs 243

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	247 vs 243

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

243

247

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	95	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	243	247

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV43 A2	NV34 A1
Launch date	14 November 2004	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	709	710
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	525 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	17.6 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR