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).

 

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 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 42 vs 32
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 135 vs 105
  • 12.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2724 vs 220
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 42 vs 32
PassMark - G3D Mark 135 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
32
42
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
105
135
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 42
PassMark - G3D Mark 105 135
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 1644 1645
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