AMD Radeon HD 6250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6250 and NVIDIA GeForce 310M 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).

AMD Radeon HD 6250

NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6250

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
2.1x better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 48.96 gflops
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 30 vs 22

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2011 vs 10 January 2010
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 16
Floating-point performance	104 gflops vs 48.96 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	30 vs 22

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310M

2.4x more core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 19 Watt
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 116 vs 94
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2949 vs 1244
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1167 vs 1005
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1167 vs 1005

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 650 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 19 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	116 vs 94
Geekbench - OpenCL	2949 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1167 vs 1005
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1167 vs 1005

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 310M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1244

2949

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1005

1167

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1005

1167

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6250	NVIDIA GeForce 310M
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	22
PassMark - G3D Mark	94	116
Geekbench - OpenCL	1244	2949
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	444
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1005	1167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1005	1167
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 310M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cedar	GT218
Launch date	31 January 2011	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1671	1672
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1530 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	48.96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	16
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Gigaflops		73
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
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
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	12.64 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3, DDR3
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0