AMD Radeon HD 6250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 210

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6250 and NVIDIA GeForce 210 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6250

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
  • 5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
  • Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1005 vs 688
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1005 vs 688
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 January 2011 vs 12 October 2009
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 80 vs 16
Floating-point performance 104 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1005 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1005 vs 688

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 126 vs 94
  • Around 96% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2438 vs 1244
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 497 vs 444
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 497 vs 444
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1402 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 126 vs 94
Geekbench - OpenCL 2438 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 497 vs 444
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 497 vs 444

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
30
30
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
94
126
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1244
2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
444
497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
444
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1005
688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1005
688
Name AMD Radeon HD 6250 NVIDIA GeForce 210
PassMark - G2D Mark 30 30
PassMark - G3D Mark 94 126
Geekbench - OpenCL 1244 2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 444 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 444 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1005 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1005 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 347

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6250 NVIDIA GeForce 210

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla 2.0
Code name Cedar GT218
Launch date 31 January 2011 12 October 2009
Place in performance rating 1672 1674
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $29.49
Price now $32.99
Value for money (0-100) 6.81

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 1402 MHz
Floating-point performance 104 gflops 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 80 16
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 30.5 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 260 million
CUDA cores 16
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 2.731" (6.9 cm)
Length 6.60" (16.8 cm)

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s 8.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 500 MHz
Shared memory 1
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory type GDDR2

Technologies

DirectX 11 DirectX 11
CUDA