AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. 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
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 40 Watt
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1187 vs 800
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1187 vs 800
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 40 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1187 vs 800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1187 vs 800

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400

  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 126 vs 112
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 61 vs 48
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 580 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 126 vs 112
PassMark - G2D Mark 61 vs 48

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
112
126
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
48
61
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1187
800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1187
800
Name AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP NVIDIA GeForce 9400
PassMark - G3D Mark 112 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 48 61
Geekbench - OpenCL 1488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 548
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1187 800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1187 800

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Loveland MCP7A
Launch date 6 June 2012 17 April 2007
Place in performance rating 1633 1631
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 580 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 450 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCI

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3