AMD Radeon HD 6430M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6430M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6430M

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6430M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 25% higher pipelines: 160 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 106 vs 77

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 11 December 2007
Pipelines	160 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	106 vs 77

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 480 MHz
10.8x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 3.84 GTexel / s
2.7x better floating-point performance: 416.0 gflops vs 153.6 gflops
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 568 vs 193

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 480 MHz
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s vs 3.84 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	416.0 gflops vs 153.6 gflops
Memory clock speed	1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	568 vs 193

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6430M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

193

568

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6430M	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark	193	568
PassMark - G2D Mark	106	77
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3342

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6430M	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Seymour	G92
Launch date	4 January 2011	11 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1314	1315
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	480 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	153.6 gflops	416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	128
Texture fill rate	3.84 GTexel / s	41.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	370 million	754 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		135 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1640 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0