NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400 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 870M

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 941 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
139.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3480 vs 25
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 278 vs 242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2014 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	941 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3480 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	278 vs 242

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3480

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

242

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400
PassMark - G3D Mark	3480	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	242
Geekbench - OpenCL	12737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	81.753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1336

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 400
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	C61
Launch date	12 March 2014	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	718	721
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	967 MHz
Core clock speed	941 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,599 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1344
Texture fill rate	108.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCI
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA