AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 6290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP and AMD Radeon HD 6290 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 6520G IGP

AMD Radeon HD 6290

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm

Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

Around 63% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 35 Watt

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6290

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6290
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1185

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6290
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	BeaverCreek	Cedar
Launch date	7 December 2011	4 December 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1644
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	1,450 million	292 million
Boost clock speed		400 MHz
Floating-point performance		104 gflops
Pipelines		80
Texture fill rate		5.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Shared memory		1
Technologies
DirectX 11		DirectX 11