Radeon R5 Graphics vs GeForce 6100

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameC51Spectre SL
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 October 2004 (20 years ago)17 September 2014 (10 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 data256
Core clock speed425 MHz497 MHz
Boost clock speedno data720 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate0.437.952
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2545 TFLOPS
ROPs14
TMUs116

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).

InterfacePCIIGP
WidthIGPIGP

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 SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared

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_0)
Shader Model3.06.0
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 October 2004 17 September 2014
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm

R5 Graphics has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6100 and Radeon R5 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.


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