AMD Radeon HD 6650M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6650M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6650M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- 3.8x more pipelines: 480 vs 128
- Around 49% better floating-point performance: 576.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
- Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 753 vs 594
- 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 224 vs 55
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 4 January 2011 vs 4 March 2009 |
Pipelines | 480 vs 128 |
Floating-point performance | 576.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 753 vs 594 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 224 vs 55 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
- 3.1x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 3.3x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s
- Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3108 vs 1866
- Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3108 vs 1866
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3334
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3334
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1836 MHz vs 600 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 47.2 billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3108 vs 1866 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3108 vs 1866 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 vs 3334 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 vs 3334 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6650M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6650M | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 753 | 594 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 224 | 55 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 5780 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1866 | 3108 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1866 | 3108 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3334 | 3351 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3334 | 3351 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 6650M | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
Code name | Whistler | G92B |
Launch date | 4 January 2011 | 4 March 2009 |
Place in performance rating | 1048 | 1050 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | |
Price now | $114.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 9.91 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 1836 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 576.0 gflops | 387.1 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 480 | 128 |
Texture fill rate | 14.4 GTexel / s | 47.2 billion / sec |
Transistor count | 716 million | 754 million |
CUDA cores | 128 | |
Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI |
Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
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Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
Length | 9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm) | |
SLI options | 2-way3-way | |
Supplementary power connectors | 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | 70.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1100 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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