GeForce 6100 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Vega Frontier Edition with GeForce 6100, including specs and performance data.
Frontier Edition outperforms 6100 by a whopping 50683% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 204 | 1532 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 6.97 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 7.80 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | C51 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 June 2017 (8 years ago) | 11 October 2004 (21 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 4096 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1382 MHz | 425 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1600 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 409.6 | 0.43 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.11 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 1 |
| TMUs | 256 | 1 |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 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 3.0 x16 | PCI |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | HBM2 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 945 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 483.8 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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | N/A |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 30.47 | 0.06 |
| Recency | 27 June 2017 | 11 October 2004 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 90 nm |
Vega Frontier Edition has a 50683.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6100 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 6100 is a desktop one.
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