ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 498 MHz vs 475 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 141 vs 105
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 228

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2010 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	498 MHz vs 475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	141 vs 105
PassMark - G2D Mark	442 vs 228

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

141

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

442

228

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	141	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	442	228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	568

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RS880	M66
Launch date	1 March 2010	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	753	754
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	498 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Transistor count	181 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		475 MHz
Pipelines		12
Texture fill rate		1.9 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		400 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0