AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6290 and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 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 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 560 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 40 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1185 vs 565
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1185 vs 565

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 December 2011 vs 9 March 2006
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185 vs 565

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 32
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 225 vs 105

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	59 vs 32
PassMark - G3D Mark	225 vs 105

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

105

225

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

565

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	59
PassMark - G3D Mark	105	225
Geekbench - OpenCL	220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185	565

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cedar	G73
Launch date	4 December 2011	9 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1644	1642
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$84.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.78
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	560 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	80
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Shared memory	1
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11