AMD Radeon HD 8530M vs NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8530M and NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8530M

NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8530M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
5.3x more texture fill rate: 16.8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 490 vs 89
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 438 vs 288

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2014 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	16.8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	490 vs 89
PassMark - G2D Mark	438 vs 288

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8530M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

490

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

438

288

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8530M	NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	490	89
PassMark - G2D Mark	438	288
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	39.6

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8530M	NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Mars	NV43 A2
Launch date	10 January 2014	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	598	600
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	700 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	537.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	16.8 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3