AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6230 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 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.

AMD Radeon HD 6230

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 108 Watt
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 47

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 July 2011 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 108 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 47

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

7.4x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 192 vs 80
4.4x better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 104 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 823 vs 179
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3258 vs 1293
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3258 vs 1293

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	38.4 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 80
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 104 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	823 vs 179
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3258 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3258 vs 1293

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6230
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

823

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

3258

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1293

3258

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
PassMark - G3D Mark	179	823
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	47
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	3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1293	3258
Geekbench - OpenCL		13337

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6230	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Park	GT200B
Launch date	2 July 2011	30 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1371	1374
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.89
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	80	192
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	108 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	198 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	1 GB
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