AMD Radeon HD 6970M vs ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M and ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6970M

ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 498 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
16.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2270 vs 141
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 442
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 568
5.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 1 March 2010
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 498 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270 vs 141
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 568

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6970M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2270

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

442

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

568

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

568

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	442
Geekbench - OpenCL	3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	117.801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342	568
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	568

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Blackcomb	RS880
Launch date	4 January 2011	1 March 2010
Place in performance rating	780	781
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	498 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	960
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0