RTX A5000 vs GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated36
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data17.67
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameC51GA102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 February 2006 (18 years ago)12 April 2021 (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 coresno data8192
Core clock speed425 MHz1170 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors75 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data230 Watt
Texture fill rate0.85433.9
Floating-point processing powerno data27.77 TFLOPS
ROPs196
TMUs2256
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data64

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared24 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data768.0 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 outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2006 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm

RTX A5000 has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430 and RTX A5000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430 is a notebook card while RTX A5000 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
NVIDIA RTX A5000
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