NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 vs ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 84% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 498 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
39.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5513 vs 141
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 461 vs 442
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1673 vs 568
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1673 vs 568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 May 2012 vs 1 March 2010
Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 498 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5513 vs 141
PassMark - G2D Mark	461 vs 442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1673 vs 568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1673 vs 568

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5513

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

461

442

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1673

568

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1673

568

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	5513	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	461	442
Geekbench - OpenCL	16687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1673	568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1673	568
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690	ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	RS880
Launch date	3 May 2012	1 March 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	751	753
Price now	$999
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	498 MHz
CUDA cores	3072
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth	384 GB / s
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA