AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6230 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6230

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 145

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 145

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 400 vs 80
3.5x better floating-point performance: 360.0 gflops vs 104 gflops
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 19 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 449 vs 179
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 1293
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 1293

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	400 vs 80
Floating-point performance	360.0 gflops vs 104 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 19 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	449 vs 179
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 1293

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6230
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

449

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

145

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

3340

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6230	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
PassMark - G3D Mark	179	449
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	145
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	252
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1293	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1293	3340
Geekbench - OpenCL		3776
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6230	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Park	Madison
Launch date	2 July 2011	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1368	1371
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	400
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	627 million
Boost clock speed		650 MHz
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	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory		0