Radeon HD 6310 vs GeForce GTS 250

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	927	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G92B	Zacate
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	4 March 2009 (15 years ago)	16 November 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data
Current price	$131 (0.7x MSRP)	$461

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	80
CUDA cores	128	no data
Core clock speed	738 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	450 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	18 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion/sec	3.936
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 250 and Radeon HD 6310 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	3.0	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 March 2009	16 November 2010
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	55 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	18 Watt

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