AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM 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).

AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 33 Watt
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1187 vs 1062
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1187 vs 1062

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2012 vs 22 February 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1187 vs 1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1187 vs 1062

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 156 vs 112
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 50 vs 48
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4683 vs 1488

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	156 vs 112
PassMark - G2D Mark	50 vs 48
Geekbench - OpenCL	4683 vs 1488

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

156

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1488

4683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1187

1062

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1187

1062

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	112	156
PassMark - G2D Mark	48	50
Geekbench - OpenCL	1488	4683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	548
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1187	1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1187	1062

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Loveland	GT218
Launch date	6 June 2012	22 February 2011
Place in performance rating	1626	1629
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	589 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	450 million	260 million
Floating-point performance		105.6 gflops
Pipelines		48
Texture fill rate		7.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Memory type		DDR3