Radeon HD 6230 vs GeForce GT 710M

Place in the ranking	1072	1238
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.26	1.66
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GF117	Park
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	9 January 2013 (11 years ago)	2 July 2011 (13 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 cores	96	80
Core clock speed	775 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	19 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.40	5.200
Floating-point processing power	0.2976 TFLOPS	0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	16	8

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	667 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	10.67 GB/s

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	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 710M 1.15
+150%

HD 6230 0.46

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GT 710M 442
+147%

HD 6230 179

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.15	0.46
Recency	9 January 2013	2 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	19 Watt

GT 710M has a 150% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 26.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GT 710M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6230 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 710M is a notebook card while Radeon HD 6230 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.