NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm

Launch date	26 November 2015 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	1176 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659
PassMark - G2D Mark		181
PassMark - G3D Mark		18

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM206	C51M
Launch date	26 November 2015	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	961	959
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz
Core clock speed	1176 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5