AMD Radeon HD 6480G vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6480G and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon HD 6480G

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6480G

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.5x more pipelines: 240 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 50

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2011 vs 15 June 2009
Pipelines	240 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	81 vs 50

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 444 MHz
12.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8215 vs 673
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 257

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 444 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	8215 vs 673
PassMark - G3D Mark	554 vs 257

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6480G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

673

8215

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

257

554

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6480G	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Geekbench - OpenCL	673	8215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	592
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	50
PassMark - G3D Mark	257	554
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1082
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1082
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1696

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6480G	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Llano	GT215
Launch date	15 June 2011	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1528	1530
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	444 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	240	96
Transistor count	1000 Million	727 million
CUDA cores		96
Floating-point performance		240 gflops
Gigaflops		360
Texture fill rate		16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		28 Watt
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI