Radeon 660M vs HD 6290

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated424
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameZacateRDNA 2 Rembrandt
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 July 2011 (12 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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 cores80384
Core clock speed280 MHzno data
Boost clock speed400 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors292 million13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate5.20045.60
Floating-point performance104 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6290 and Radeon 660M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMINo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A1.2

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 6290 105
Radeon 660M 6285
+5886%

660M outperforms HD 6290 by 5886% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6290 179
Radeon 660M 6652
+3616%

660M outperforms HD 6290 by 3616% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 6290 497
Radeon 660M 23222
+4572%

660M outperforms HD 6290 by 4572% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2011 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 45 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6290 and Radeon 660M. We've got no test results to judge.


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