AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6290 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M 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 8600M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 475 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 80 vs 32
Around 71% better floating-point performance: 104 gflops vs 60.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 20 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 32 vs 28

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 December 2011 vs 31 December 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 475 MHz
Pipelines	80 vs 32
Floating-point performance	104 gflops vs 60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 20 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	32 vs 28

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 105
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1267 vs 1185
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1267 vs 1185

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 105
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1267 vs 1185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1267 vs 1185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

105

113

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

1267

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1185

1267

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	28
PassMark - G3D Mark	105	113
Geekbench - OpenCL	220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1185	1267
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1185	1267

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6290	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cedar	G84
Launch date	4 December 2011	31 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1644	1646
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	60.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	80	32
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s	7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
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	22.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3, GDDR2
Technologies
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0