AMD Radeon HD 6310 vs NVIDIA ION

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6310 and NVIDIA ION videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. 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 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 16
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 122 vs 108
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1311 vs 571
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1311 vs 571
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 November 2010 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 vs 16
PassMark - G3D Mark 122 vs 108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1311 vs 571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1311 vs 571

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION

  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2440 vs 1853
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2440 vs 1853

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6310
GPU 2: NVIDIA ION

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1853
2440
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
35
16
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
122
108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1311
571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1311
571
Name AMD Radeon HD 6310 NVIDIA ION
Geekbench - OpenCL 1853 2440
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 16
PassMark - G3D Mark 122 108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 819
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 819
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1311 571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1311 571

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6310 NVIDIA ION

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 2 Tesla
Code name Zacate MCP7A-ION
Launch date 16 November 2010 3 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1605 1692
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 80
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt
Transistor count 282 million

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Shared memory 1

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI