AMD Radeon HD 6350 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6350 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6350

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 80 vs 32
  • Around 30% better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 171 vs 32
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2011 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines 80 vs 32
Floating-point performance 104 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 171 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

  • Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 19 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 151 vs 141
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2273 vs 1717
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2273 vs 1717
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 19 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 151 vs 141
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2273 vs 1717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2273 vs 1717

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6350
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
141
151
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
171
32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1717
2273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1717
2273
Name AMD Radeon HD 6350 NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
PassMark - G3D Mark 141 151
PassMark - G2D Mark 171 32
Geekbench - OpenCL 2872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 10.131
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 381
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 734
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1717 2273
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 381
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 734
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1717 2273

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6350 NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Cedar G96
Launch date 7 February 2011 15 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $23
Place in performance rating 1532 1548
Price now $50.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 5.17

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 104 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 80 32
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 314 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
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

PCI-E 2.0