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).

AMD Radeon HD 6230

NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

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: 666 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	666 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

666

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	666
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