GeForce 6100 vs GT 555M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	931	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.36	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	GF106	C51
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	27 October 2011 (13 years ago)	11 October 2004 (20 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	Up to 144	no data
Core clock speed	Up to 753 MHz	425 MHz
Boost clock speed	753 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	12.60	0.43
Floating-point processing power	0.3024 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	1
TMUs	24	1

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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Width	no data	IGP
SLI options	+	-

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	DDR3\DDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	Up to 192 bit/128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	Up to 1569 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	Up to 50.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors

No outputs

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 October 2011	11 October 2004
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm

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