Quadro T1200 Mobile vs GeForce 6100 + nForce 420

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated284
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data74.60
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameC61TU117
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date11 October 2004 (20 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1024
Core clock speed425 MHz855 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1425 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data18 Watt
Texture fill rate0.4391.20
Floating-point processing powerno data2.918 TFLOPS
ROPs132
TMUs164

Form factor & 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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIPCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPno data

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data160.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 October 2004 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 90 nm 12 nm

T1200 Mobile has an age advantage of 16 years, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 and Quadro T1200 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 is a desktop card while Quadro T1200 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
GeForce 6100 + nForce 420
NVIDIA Quadro T1200 Mobile
Quadro T1200 Mobile

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