AMD Radeon HD 6310 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6310 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 6310

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• 2.5x more pipelines: 80 vs 32
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
• Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 819 vs 449
• Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 819 vs 449

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

• Around 8% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 500 MHz
• Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 42 vs 35
• Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 131 vs 122
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 1311
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 1311

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6310
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	35 42
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	122 131
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	819 449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	819 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1311 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1311 1397

Compare specifications (specs)