AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6230 and AMD Radeon HD 6630M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon HD 6230

AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 26 Watt

Launch date	2 July 2011 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 26 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6630M

2.3x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 480 vs 80
4.6x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 104 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 685 vs 179
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 390 vs 254
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 424 vs 252
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 424 vs 252
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1055 vs 744
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1055 vs 744
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2368 vs 1293
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2368 vs 1293

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 80
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 104 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	685 vs 179
PassMark - G2D Mark	390 vs 254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	424 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	424 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1055 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1055 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2368 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2368 vs 1293

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6230
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6630M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

685

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

390

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

252

424

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

252

424

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

1055

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

1055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

2368

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

2368

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6230	AMD Radeon HD 6630M
PassMark - G3D Mark	179	685
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	252	424
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	252	424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	744	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	744	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1293	2368
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1293	2368
Geekbench - OpenCL		984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		2.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		142.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		9.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		42.818

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6230	AMD Radeon HD 6630M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Park	Whistler
Launch date	2 July 2011	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1372	1374
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	480
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	26 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR3
Shared memory		0