AMD Radeon HD 7290 vs Intel HD Graphics

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1Zacate
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (11 years old)1 July 2011 (12 years old)
Current price$286 $160

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4880
Core clock speed166 MHz280 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors392 million450 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate6.3003.200
Floating-point performance15.6 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on HD Graphics and Radeon HD 7290 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP
WidthIGPno data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memoryno data+

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.04.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.80N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD Graphics 143
+28.8%
HD 7290 111

HD Graphics outperforms Radeon HD 7290 by 29% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 April 2012 1 July 2011
Chip lithography 22 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 18 Watt

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and Radeon HD 7290. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics is a desktop card while Radeon HD 7290 is a notebook one.


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