AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6290 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI 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 8400 GS PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 567 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
2.6x better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 25 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1185 vs 1023
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1185 vs 1023

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 December 2011 vs 4 December 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 567 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 16
Floating-point performance	104 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185 vs 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185 vs 1023

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

1023

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

1023

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
PassMark - G2D Mark	32
PassMark - G3D Mark	105
Geekbench - OpenCL	220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185	1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185	1023

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cedar	G98
Launch date	4 December 2011	4 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1644	1647
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	567 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	16
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	210 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	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	666 MHz
Shared memory	1
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		DDR3
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11