AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Park | G71 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Park S3 LP | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 278 million |
| Die size | 59 mm² | 196 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jul 2nd, 2011 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | — |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | — |
| Successor | Southern Islands | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 375 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 667 MHz 1334 Mbps effective | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | 32.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 80 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 20 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 20 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 7 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.600 GPixel/s | 6.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.200 GTexel/s | 7.500 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 104.0 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 656.3 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 19 W | 20 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 3.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Apr 18th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce Go 7 (Go 7000) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-II |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce Go 6 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 8M |
