AMD Radeon HD 6370D IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6370D IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 6370D IGP

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6370D IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.5x more pipelines: 160 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 65 nm
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 146 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2011 vs 1 November 2008
Pipelines	160 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	146 vs 57

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 530 MHz vs 443 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 16 billion / sec vs 3.54 GTexel / s
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 169.6 gflops vs 141.76 gflops
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 65 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 555 vs 255
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2414 vs 1434
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2414 vs 1434

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	530 MHz vs 443 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec vs 3.54 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops vs 141.76 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	555 vs 255
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414 vs 1434
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414 vs 1434

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6370D IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

555

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

146

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1434

2414

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1434

2414

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6370D IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	255	555
PassMark - G2D Mark	146	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	873
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	873
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1434	2414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1434	2414

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6370D IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	WinterPark	G94
Launch date	1 November 2011	1 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1464	1467
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	443 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	141.76 gflops	169.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	64
Texture fill rate	3.54 GTexel / s	16 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	1,180 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		254
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
Power management		8.0