ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 vs GeForce Go 6100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1481not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataR500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameC51MVM56
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2006 (18 years ago)1 February 2006 (18 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 cores317
Core clock speed1 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed425 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistorsno data157 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm90 nm
Texture fill rateno data1.800
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeshared MemoryGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data470 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data15.04 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXshared Memory9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 110 nm 90 nm

ATI Mobility X1600 has a 22.2% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6100 and Mobility Radeon X1600. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100
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