AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 40 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1187 vs 565
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1187 vs 565
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 June 2012 vs 9 March 2006
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1187 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1187 vs 565

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 217 vs 112
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 64 vs 48
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 560 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 217 vs 112
PassMark - G2D Mark 64 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
112
217
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
48
64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1187
565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1187
565
Name AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 112 217
PassMark - G2D Mark 48 64
Geekbench - OpenCL 1488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 548
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1187 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1187 565

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Curie
Code name Loveland G73
Launch date 6 June 2012 9 March 2006
Place in performance rating 1624 1622
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $84.95
Value for money (0-100) 2.78

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 450 million 177 million
Texture fill rate 6.72 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz
Memory type GDDR3