AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6290 and NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS 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 9200M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 80 vs 8
4.6x better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1185 vs 882
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1185 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 December 2011 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 8
Floating-point performance	104 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185 vs 882

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 19 Watt
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 32
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 129 vs 105

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 19 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 32
PassMark - G3D Mark	129 vs 105

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

105

129

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

882

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

882

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	46
PassMark - G3D Mark	105	129
Geekbench - OpenCL	220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185	882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185	882

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cedar	G98
Launch date	4 December 2011	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1644	1643
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	8
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	210 million
CUDA cores		8
Gigaflops		31
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		GDDR2, GDDR3
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
CUDA