NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
164.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4107 vs 25
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 March 2010 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4107 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	445 vs 234

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4107

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

445

234

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	4107	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	445	234
Geekbench - OpenCL	13135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	106.875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF100	C61
Launch date	26 March 2010	11 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	751	748
Price now	$71.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	61.35
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	480
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way, 3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
SLI