NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i vs ATI FireGL V5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i

ATI FireGL V5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 630 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 250

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 November 2007 vs 1 May 2004
Core clock speed	630 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 250

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5100

2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 93 vs 33

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	93 vs 33

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i	ATI FireGL V5100
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	250
PassMark - G3D Mark	33	93

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i	ATI FireGL V5100
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	C73	R423
Launch date	16 November 2007	1 May 2004
Place in performance rating	674	677
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	630 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Transistor count	112 million	160 million
Texture fill rate		5.4 GTexel / s
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