NVIDIA GeForce G 103M vs ATI Radeon VE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G 103M and ATI Radeon VE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce G 103M

ATI Radeon VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G 103M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 640 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 180 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 32 MB
Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 366 MHz

Launch date	1 September 2009 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	640 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 366 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon VE

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G 103M	ATI Radeon VE
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	934
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	934
PassMark - G2D Mark		36
PassMark - G3D Mark		2

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G 103M	ATI Radeon VE
Essentials
Architecture	G9x	Rage 6
Code name	G98	Rage 6
Launch date	1 September 2009	19 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1662	1659
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	640 MHz	183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate		549 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Transistor count		30 million
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL		1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	32 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		2.928 GB / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None