NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 430 vs ATI FireGL V5600

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameRV630C61
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date28 June 2007 (16 years old)11 October 2004 (19 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data
Current price$390 (0.7x MSRP)no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores120no data
Core clock speed800 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors390 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)89 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.4000.43
Floating-point performance192 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCI
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR4System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed2200 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth35.2 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVINo outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.0 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 28 June 2007 11 October 2004
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB System Shared
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm

We couldn't decide between FireGL V5600 and GeForce 6100 + nForce 430. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL V5600 is a workstation card while GeForce 6100 + nForce 430 is a desktop one.


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