ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5830 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5830

NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
14x more texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 800 MHz
19.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 89
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 288

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2010 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734 vs 89
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 288

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5830
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1734

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

288

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5830	NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734	89
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	288
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5830	NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cypress	NV43 A2
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	25 February 2010	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	537	569
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1120
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
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