AMD Radeon HD 7600G IGP vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7600G IGP and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon HD 7600G IGP

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7600G IGP

26.3x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 500 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 500 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

2.9x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 320 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm

Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7600G IGP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7600G IGP	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7600G IGP	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	GCN 1.0
Code name	Devastator	New Zealand
Launch date	1 September 2012	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	311
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	424 MHz
Core clock speed	320 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	1,303 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 3,789 gflops
Pipelines		2x 2048
Texture fill rate		2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		292 mm
Supplementary power connectors		3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth		2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed		5500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5