AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 233
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 July 2011 vs 14 May 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 254 vs 233

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 11.2 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 96 vs 80
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 268.8 gflops vs 104 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 669 vs 179
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1064 vs 252
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1064 vs 252
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1589 vs 744
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1589 vs 744
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2716 vs 1293
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2716 vs 1293
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 11.2 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 80
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops vs 104 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 669 vs 179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1064 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1064 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1589 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1589 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2716 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2716 vs 1293

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
179
669
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
254
233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
252
1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
252
1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
744
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
744
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1293
2716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1293
2716
Name AMD Radeon HD 6230 NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 179 669
PassMark - G2D Mark 254 233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 252 1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 252 1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 744 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 744 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1293 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1293 2716
Geekbench - OpenCL 2305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 175.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.27

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6230 NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Park GF108
Launch date 2 July 2011 14 May 2011
Place in performance rating 1372 1373
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 104 gflops 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 80 96
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s 11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR2 DDR3