NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M vs AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M and AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 560 vs 337
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 169 vs 136
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2489 vs 867
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 800 vs 733
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1833 vs 1104
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2418 vs 1614
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 800 vs 733
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1833 vs 1104
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2418 vs 1614
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 March 2012 vs 20 June 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 560 vs 337
PassMark - G2D Mark 169 vs 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 2489 vs 867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 800 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1833 vs 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2418 vs 1614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 800 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1833 vs 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2418 vs 1614

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP

  • 2.2x more pipelines: 320 vs 144
  • Around 12% better floating-point performance: 283.52 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Pipelines 320 vs 144
Floating-point performance 283.52 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
560
337
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
169
136
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2489
867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
800
733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1833
1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2418
1614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
800
733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1833
1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2418
1614
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 560 337
PassMark - G2D Mark 169 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 2489 867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 205.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.728
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 800 733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1833 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2418 1614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 800 733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1833 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2418 1614

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF116 BeaverCreek
Launch date 22 March 2012 20 June 2011
Place in performance rating 1458 1459
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 753 MHz
CUDA cores Up to 144
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops 283.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 144 320
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 1,450 million
Core clock speed 443 MHz
Texture fill rate 7.09 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 IGP
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 System Shared
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus