A10M vs GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
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 | Curie (2003−2013) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | C51 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 February 2006 (19 years ago) | February 2022 (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 cores | no data | 7168 |
| Core clock speed | 425 MHz | 975 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1635 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 75 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.85 | 366.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 23.44 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 80 |
| TMUs | 2 | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 224 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 56 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 7 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 6 MB |
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 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 8-pin EPS |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 20 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1563 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 500.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 8 nm |
A10M has a 1025% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430 and A10M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430 is a notebook graphics card while A10M is a workstation one.
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