AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 6450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP and AMD Radeon HD 6450 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

AMD Radeon HD 6450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 30 Watt
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1488 vs 639

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2012 vs 7 April 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	1488 vs 639

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6450

Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 198 vs 112
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 48
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 810 vs 548
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 810 vs 548
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1627 vs 1187
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1627 vs 1187

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	198 vs 112
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 48
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	810 vs 548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	810 vs 548
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1627 vs 1187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1627 vs 1187

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

198

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1488

639

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

548

810

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

548

810

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1187

1627

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1187

1627

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6450
PassMark - G3D Mark	112	198
PassMark - G2D Mark	48	119
Geekbench - OpenCL	1488	639
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	548	810
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	548	810
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1187	1627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1187	1627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		97.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		4.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		19.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		497
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		497
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6450
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Loveland	Caicos
Launch date	6 June 2012	7 April 2011
Place in performance rating	1626	1628
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$55
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	450 million	370 million
Boost clock speed		750 MHz
Floating-point performance		200.0 gflops
Pipelines		160
Stream Processors		160
Texture fill rate		5 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		4
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 2.0 x8
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		8.5-12.8 GB/x (DDR3) or 25.6-28.8 GB/s (GDDR5)
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire