AMD Radeon HD 6250 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6250 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 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 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6250

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 459 MHz
Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
3.5x better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 21 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1005 vs 499
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1005 vs 499

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2011 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 16
Floating-point performance	104 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 21 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1005 vs 499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1005 vs 499

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 30
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 228 vs 94

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 30
PassMark - G3D Mark	228 vs 94

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6250
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1005

499

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1005

499

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6250	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	47
PassMark - G3D Mark	94	228
Geekbench - OpenCL	1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	444
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1005	499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1005	499
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 290
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cedar	G86
Launch date	31 January 2011	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1672	1669
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$37
Value for money (0-100)		3.22
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	80	16
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DMS-59
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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Shared memory	1
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		DDR2
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11