NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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 690

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
222.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5572 vs 25
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 469 vs 234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 May 2012 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5572 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	469 vs 234

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5572

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

469

234

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	5572	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	469	234
Geekbench - OpenCL	16684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1673
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	C61
Launch date	3 May 2012	11 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	746	749
Price now	$999
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	3072
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth	384 GB / s
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA