NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M vs AMD Radeon HD 6230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M and AMD Radeon HD 6230 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, 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 820M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 96 vs 80
  • 2.9x better floating-point performance: 297.6 gflops vs 104 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 19 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 571 vs 179
  • 5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1263 vs 252
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2479 vs 744
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3327 vs 1293
  • 5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1263 vs 252
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2479 vs 744
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3327 vs 1293
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 November 2013 vs 2 July 2011
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 80
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops vs 104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 19 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 571 vs 179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1263 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2479 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3327 vs 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1263 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2479 vs 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3327 vs 1293

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6230

  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 146
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 254 vs 146

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6230

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
571
179
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
146
254
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1263
252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2479
744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3327
1293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1263
252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2479
744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3327
1293
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M AMD Radeon HD 6230
PassMark - G3D Mark 571 179
PassMark - G2D Mark 146 254
Geekbench - OpenCL 2492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 161.29
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1263 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2479 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3327 1293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1263 252
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2479 744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3327 1293

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M AMD Radeon HD 6230

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF117 Park
Launch date 27 November 2013 2 July 2011
Place in performance rating 1365 1368
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 775 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 80
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 292 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR2