AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP and AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2 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, 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
16.7x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	6 June 2012 vs 8 July 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

2.3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	112
PassMark - G2D Mark	48
Geekbench - OpenCL	1488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	548
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.807

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP	AMD Radeon HD 6870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Loveland	Barts
Launch date	6 June 2012	8 July 2011
Place in performance rating	1626	1623
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$520
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	450 million	1,700 million
Floating-point performance		2x 2,016.0 gflops
Pipelines		2x 1120
Texture fill rate		2x 50.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		304 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed		4200 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5