ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 498 MHz vs 325 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 141 vs 33
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 129

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2010 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	498 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	141 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	442 vs 129

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

442

129

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
PassMark - G3D Mark	141	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	442	129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	568

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rankine
Code name	RS880	NV35
Launch date	1 March 2010	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	781	1263
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	498 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Transistor count	181 million	135 million
Texture fill rate		1.3 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Memory type		DDR