AMD Radeon HD 6250 vs NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6250 and NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM 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 G210 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6250

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
2.4x better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 43.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 31 Watt
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1005 vs 866
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1005 vs 866

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2011 vs 26 May 2009
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 16
Floating-point performance	104 gflops vs 43.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 31 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1005 vs 866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1005 vs 866

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 30
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 103 vs 94
Around 97% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2451 vs 1244

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1008 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	35 vs 30
PassMark - G3D Mark	103 vs 94
Geekbench - OpenCL	2451 vs 1244

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

103

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1244

2451

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1005

866

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1005

866

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6250	NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	35
PassMark - G3D Mark	94	103
Geekbench - OpenCL	1244	2451
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	444
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1005	866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1005	866
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 G210 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cedar	G96C
Launch date	31 January 2011	26 May 2009
Place in performance rating	1671	1673
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	43.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	80	16
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	8.06 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1008 MHz
Shared memory	1
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		DDR2
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11