AMD Radeon HD 8210 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8210 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 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, 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 8210

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8210

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 120 MHz
4x more pipelines: 128 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 28
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 189 vs 140
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1158 vs 1140
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1158 vs 1140

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 120 MHz
Pipelines	128 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 28
PassMark - G3D Mark	189 vs 140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1158 vs 1140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1158 vs 1140

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1679 vs 1611
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1679 vs 1611

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1679 vs 1611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1679 vs 1611

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

189

140

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1158

1140

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1158

1140

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1611

1679

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1611

1679

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8210	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Geekbench - OpenCL	637
PassMark - G2D Mark	47	28
PassMark - G3D Mark	189	140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1158	1140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1158	1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1611	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1611	1679

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8210	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Tesla
Code name	Temash, Kabini	G96
Launch date	23 May 2013	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1536	1533
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	128	32
CUDA cores		32
Floating-point performance		80 gflops
Texture fill rate		8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Transistor count		314 million
API support
DirectX	11.1	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR2, GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		MXM-II
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0