AMD Radeon HD 6390 vs AMD Radeon HD 6230

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6390 and AMD Radeon HD 6230 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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 6390

AMD Radeon HD 6230

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6390

Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 320 vs 80
3.4x better floating-point performance: 352.0 gflops vs 104 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 80
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops vs 104 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 39 Watt

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 39 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6390
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6230

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6390	AMD Radeon HD 6230
PassMark - G3D Mark		179
PassMark - G2D Mark		254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		252
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1293
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1293

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6390	AMD Radeon HD 6230
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Redwood	Park
Launch date	4 July 2011	2 July 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1373
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	352.0 gflops	104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	80
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	165 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2