AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6230 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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).

AMD Radeon HD 6230

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 25% higher pipelines: 80 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 75 Watt
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 72

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2011 vs 21 August 2008
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines	80 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 72

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

3.7x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Around 85% better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 104 gflops
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 357 vs 179
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3076 vs 1293
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3076 vs 1293

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 104 gflops
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	357 vs 179
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3076 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3076 vs 1293

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

3076

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

3076

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6230	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	179	357
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	72
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	3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1293	3076

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6230	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Park	G94
Launch date	2 July 2011	21 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1371	1374
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	64
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		240
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	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD