AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6290 and NVIDIA NVS 3100M 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 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 606 MHz
  • Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
  • 5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 595 vs 578
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 595 vs 578
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1185 vs 988
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1185 vs 988
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 December 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 606 MHz
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines 80 vs 16
Floating-point performance 104 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 595 vs 578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 595 vs 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1185 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1185 vs 988

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 3100M

  • Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 19 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 32
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 116 vs 105
  • 13.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2905 vs 220
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 19 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 vs 32
PassMark - G3D Mark 116 vs 105
Geekbench - OpenCL 2905 vs 220

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 3100M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
32
35
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
105
116
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
220
2905
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
595
578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
595
578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1185
988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1185
988
Name AMD Radeon HD 6290 NVIDIA NVS 3100M
PassMark - G2D Mark 32 35
PassMark - G3D Mark 105 116
Geekbench - OpenCL 220 2905
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 595 578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 595 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1185 988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1185 988

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6290 NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla 2.0
Code name Cedar GT218
Launch date 4 December 2011 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1644 1642
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 400 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 606 MHz
Floating-point performance 104 gflops 46.98 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

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) 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 12.64 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1580 MHz
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory type GDDR3, DDR3

Technologies

DirectX 11 DirectX 11