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 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 753 vs 597
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 224 vs 56
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 597
PassMark - G2D Mark 224 vs 56

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
GPU 1
GPU 2
753
597
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
224
56
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1866
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1866
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3334
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3334
3351
Name AMD Radeon HD 6650M NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 753 597
PassMark - G2D Mark 224 56
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

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Whistler G92B
Launch date 4 January 2011 4 March 2009
Place in performance rating 1046 1048
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $114.99
Value for money (0-100) 9.91

Technical info

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

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.0

Memory

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

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI