AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA NVS 4200M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6290 and NVIDIA NVS 4200M 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 25 Watt
Launch date 4 December 2011 vs 22 February 2011
Pipelines 80 vs 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 25 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 4200M

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 6.48 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% better floating-point performance: 155.52 gflops vs 104 gflops
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 78 vs 32
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 277 vs 105
  • 5.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1155 vs 220
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 688 vs 595
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 688 vs 595
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1726 vs 1185
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1726 vs 1185
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.48 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 155.52 gflops vs 104 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 78 vs 32
PassMark - G3D Mark 277 vs 105
Geekbench - OpenCL 1155 vs 220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 688 vs 595
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 688 vs 595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1726 vs 1185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1726 vs 1185

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6290
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 4200M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
32
78
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
105
277
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
220
1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
595
688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
595
688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1185
1726
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1185
1726
Name AMD Radeon HD 6290 NVIDIA NVS 4200M
PassMark - G2D Mark 32 78
PassMark - G3D Mark 105 277
Geekbench - OpenCL 220 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 595 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 595 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1185 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1185 1726
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 103.797
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.836
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 412

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6290 NVIDIA NVS 4200M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi 2.0
Code name Cedar GF119
Launch date 4 December 2011 22 February 2011
Place in performance rating 1637 1634
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 400 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 104 gflops 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 80 48
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s 6.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 292 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1600 MHz
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3

Technologies

DirectX 11 DirectX 11