AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6290 and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6290

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 350 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 105 vs 51
6.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1185 vs 184
6.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1185 vs 184

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 December 2011 vs 8 August 2006
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	105 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185 vs 184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185 vs 184

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 79 vs 32

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	79 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

105

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

184

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

184

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	79
PassMark - G3D Mark	105	51
Geekbench - OpenCL	220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185	184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185	184

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cedar	NV44 B2
Launch date	4 December 2011	8 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1644	1641
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	80
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	700 MHz
Shared memory	1
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		DDR2
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11