GeForce 6100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon with GeForce 6100, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility
2001
16 MB DDR
1.34
+1814%

ATI Mobility outperforms 6100 by a whopping 1814% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10251467
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 6 (2000−2007)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameM6C51
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 December 2001 (23 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.

Core clock speed144 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors30 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology180 nm90 nm
Texture fill rate0.430.43
ROPs11
TMUs31

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCI
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount16 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed144 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth2.304 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.09.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGL1.32.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

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 1.34 0.07
Recency 1 December 2001 11 October 2004
Chip lithography 180 nm 90 nm

ATI Mobility has a 1814.3% higher aggregate performance score.

GeForce 6100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Mobility Radeon is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 6100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon is a notebook card while GeForce 6100 is a desktop one.


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