GeForce 6100 + nForce 420 vs GTX 275 PhysX Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | GT200B | C61 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 16 February 2010 (15 years ago) | 11 October 2004 (21 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 cores | 240 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 633 MHz | 425 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 219 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 50.64 | 0.43 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6221 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 28 | 1 |
| TMUs | 80 | 1 |
| L2 Cache | 224 KB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCI |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | no 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 type | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 896 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 448 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1134 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 127.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 February 2010 | 11 October 2004 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 90 nm |
GTX 275 PhysX Edition has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 63.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition and GeForce 6100 + nForce 420. We've got no test results to judge.
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