AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6290 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• Around 12% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 580 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 105 vs 101
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1185 vs 1117
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1185 vs 1117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

• Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 19 Watt
• Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 55 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	32 55
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	105 101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1185 1117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1185 1117

Compare specifications (specs)