AMD Radeon HD 6630M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6630M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6630M

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
5x more pipelines: 480 vs 96
Around 74% better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 275.71 gflops
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 38 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 685 vs 651
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 390 vs 60

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Pipelines	480 vs 96
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 275.71 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 38 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	685 vs 651
PassMark - G2D Mark	390 vs 60

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

2.9x more core clock speed: 1436 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
11.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11217 vs 984
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 2368
Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 2368

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1436 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11217 vs 984
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 2368
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 2368

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6630M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

685

651

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

390

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

984

11217

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2368

3329

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2368

3329

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6630M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
PassMark - G3D Mark	685	651
PassMark - G2D Mark	390	60
Geekbench - OpenCL	984	11217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	142.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	9.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	42.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2368	3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2368	3329

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6630M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Whistler	GT215
Launch date	4 January 2011	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1369	1371
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1436 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	275.71 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	480	96
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt	38 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	727 million
CUDA cores		96
Gigaflops		413
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI