AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon HD 6230

NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 3.0 billion / sec
Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 96 gflops
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 221

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 3.0 billion / sec
Pipelines	80 vs 48
Floating-point performance	104 gflops vs 96 gflops
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 221

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M

Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 19 Watt
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 286 vs 179
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 442 vs 252
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 442 vs 252
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1158 vs 744
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1158 vs 744
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1570 vs 1293
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1570 vs 1293

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 19 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	286 vs 179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	442 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	442 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1158 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1158 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1570 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1570 vs 1293

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

286

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

221

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

252

442

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

252

442

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

1158

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

1158

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

1570

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

1570

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6230	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
PassMark - G3D Mark	179	286
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	252	442
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	252	442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	744	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	744	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1293	1570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1293	1570
Geekbench - OpenCL		751

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6230	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Park	GF108
Launch date	2 July 2011	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1391	1393
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	48
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	3.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	585 million
CUDA cores		48
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)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	(G)DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus