AMD Radeon HD 6250 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6250 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M 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 Quadro NVS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6250

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 580 MHz
Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.64 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 80 vs 8
4.5x better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 23.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 30 vs 28
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1005 vs 784
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1005 vs 784

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2011 vs 15 August 2008
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 580 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.64 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 8
Floating-point performance	104 gflops vs 23.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	30 vs 28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1005 vs 784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1005 vs 784

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 19 Watt
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 136 vs 94

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 19 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	136 vs 94

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6250
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

136

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1005

784

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1005

784

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6250	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	28
PassMark - G3D Mark	94	136
Geekbench - OpenCL	1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	444
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1005	784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1005	784
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	347

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6250	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cedar	G98
Launch date	31 January 2011	15 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1670	1673
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	23.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	8
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	4.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-I
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1400 MHz
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		GDDR2, GDDR3
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11