ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP vs ATI FireGL V3600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP and ATI FireGL V3600 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

ATI FireGL V3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 399

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2010 vs 28 June 2007
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	442 vs 399

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3600

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 498 MHz
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 180 vs 141
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1755 vs 568
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1755 vs 568

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 498 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	180 vs 141
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1755 vs 568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1755 vs 568

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

141

180

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

442

399

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

568

1755

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

568

1755

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP	ATI FireGL V3600
PassMark - G3D Mark	141	180
PassMark - G2D Mark	442	399
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	568	1755
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	568	1755

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP	ATI FireGL V3600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RS880	RV630
Launch date	1 March 2010	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	747	748
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	498 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Transistor count	181 million	390 million
Floating-point performance		144 gflops
Pipelines		120
Texture fill rate		4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		73 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		16 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		DDR2