AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM 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).

AMD Radeon HD 6230

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 109

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2011 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	80 vs 48
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 109

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

2.3x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Around 15% better floating-point performance: 120 gflops vs 104 gflops
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 179
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1962 vs 1293
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1962 vs 1293

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	120 gflops vs 104 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 179
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1962 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1962 vs 1293

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

381

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

109

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

1962

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

1962

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6230	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	179	381
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	109
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	1962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1293	1962

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6230	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Park	G94B
Launch date	2 July 2011	10 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1373	1376
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	80	48
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
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	24 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2