AMD Radeon HD 6520G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6520G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6520G

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 82 vs 70

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

• Around 63% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
• 8.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6073 vs 749
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 3134
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 3134
• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 323 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6520G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	749 6073
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3134 3233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3134 3233
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	82 70
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	300 323

Compare specifications (specs)