Radeon Graphics 512SP vs GeForce GT 630M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1007not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.91no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF108Renoir
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)7 March 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96512
Core clock speedUp to 800 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2100 MHz
Number of transistors585 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate10.5667.20
Floating-point processing power0.2534 TFLOPS2.15 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs1632

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)IGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3\GDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus widthUp to 128bitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidthUp to 32.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsMotherboard Dependent
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
DirectX 11.212 APIno data
Shader Model5.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 7 March 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 15 Watt

Graphics 512SP has an age advantage of 7 years, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 120% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 630M and Radeon Graphics 512SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 630M is a notebook card while Radeon Graphics 512SP is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
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