AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 405 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 405 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1187 vs 1017
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1187 vs 1017

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2012 vs 3 September 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1187 vs 1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1187 vs 1017

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 120 vs 112
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 48
Around 88% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2795 vs 1488

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	120 vs 112
PassMark - G2D Mark	56 vs 48
Geekbench - OpenCL	2795 vs 1488

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

120

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1488

2795

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1187

1017

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1187

1017

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	112	120
PassMark - G2D Mark	48	56
Geekbench - OpenCL	1488	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	548
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1187	1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1187	1017

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Loveland	GT218
Launch date	6 June 2012	3 September 2010
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	25 Watt
Transistor count	450 million	260 million
Floating-point performance		44.86 gflops
Pipelines		16
Texture fill rate		4.71 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		1580 MHz
Memory type		DDR3