ATI Radeon HD 4720 vs AMD Radeon HD 6290

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4720 and AMD Radeon HD 6290 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

ATI Radeon HD 4720

AMD Radeon HD 6290

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4720

3.7x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 320 vs 80
3.7x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 104 gflops

Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 80
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 104 gflops

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6290

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 55 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1334 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 55 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1334 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4720
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6290

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4720	AMD Radeon HD 6290
PassMark - G2D Mark		32
PassMark - G3D Mark		105
Geekbench - OpenCL		220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		595
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		595
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1185

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4720	AMD Radeon HD 6290
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale 2
Code name	RV730	Cedar
Launch date	11 December 2011	4 December 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1638
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	80
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	292 million
Boost clock speed		400 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	193 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	21.34 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
DirectX 11		DirectX 11