AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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).

AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 47 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 48 vs 44
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 548 vs 449
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 548 vs 449

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	48 vs 44
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	548 vs 449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	548 vs 449

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 124 vs 112
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 1187
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 1187

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	124 vs 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 1187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 1187

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

548

449

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

548

449

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1187

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1187

1397

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	112	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	48	44
Geekbench - OpenCL	1488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	548	449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	548	449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1187	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1187	1397

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Loveland	G84
Launch date	6 June 2012	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1630	1627
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	450 million	289 million
Floating-point performance		76.16 gflops
Pipelines		32
Texture fill rate		8.6 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI