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).

 

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 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 48 vs 43
• 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

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

• Around 35% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 400 MHz
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 123 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

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	112 123
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	48 43
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

Compare specifications (specs)