AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 315M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6290 and NVIDIA GeForce 315M 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 315M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
2.7x better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 38.78 gflops

Launch date	4 December 2011 vs 5 January 2011
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 16
Floating-point performance	104 gflops vs 38.78 gflops

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315M

Around 86% higher core clock speed: 1212 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 19 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 36 vs 32
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 115 vs 105
13.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2910 vs 220
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1401 vs 1185
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1401 vs 1185

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1212 MHz vs 650 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 19 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	36 vs 32
PassMark - G3D Mark	115 vs 105
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910 vs 220
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401 vs 1185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401 vs 1185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 315M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

105

115

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

220

2910

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

1401

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

1401

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 315M
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	36
PassMark - G3D Mark	105	115
Geekbench - OpenCL	220	2910
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185	1401
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185	1401

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 315M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cedar	GT218
Launch date	4 December 2011	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1644	1641
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1212 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	38.78 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	16
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	4.85 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Gigaflops		73
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3, DDR3
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0