NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 vs AMD Radeon R9 M280X

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking824not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)no data
GPU code nameSaturn XTC51MV
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2015 (9 years old)1 February 2006 (18 years old)
Current priceno data$299

Technical specs

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 cores896no data
Core clock speed900 MHz1 MHz
Boost clock speedno data425 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Texture fill rate61.60no data
Floating-point performance1,792 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M280X and GeForce Go 6150 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportNot Listedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data

Memory

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 typeNot Listedno data
Maximum RAM amount0 MBno data
Memory bus widthNot Listedno data
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration-no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore+no data
Switchable graphics1no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 11shared Memory
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCLNot Listedno data
Mantle+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 M280X 813
+4179%
Go 6150 19

Radeon R9 M280X outperforms GeForce Go 6150 by 4179% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 February 2015 1 February 2006
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm

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