AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6290 and NVIDIA GeForce 310 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).

AMD Radeon HD 6290

NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 589 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
2.3x better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 31 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1185 vs 1052
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1185 vs 1052

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 December 2011 vs 27 November 2009
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 16
Floating-point performance	104 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 31 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185 vs 1052
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185 vs 1052

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 43 vs 32
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 120 vs 105
12.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2724 vs 220

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	43 vs 32
PassMark - G3D Mark	120 vs 105
Geekbench - OpenCL	2724 vs 220

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

105

120

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

220

2724

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

1052

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

1052

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	43
PassMark - G3D Mark	105	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	220	2724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185	1052
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185	1052

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cedar	GT218
Launch date	4 December 2011	27 November 2009
Place in performance rating	1637	1639
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	16
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	4.71 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	260 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 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	666 MHz
Shared memory	1
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		DDR2
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11