Radeon Vega 7 vs HD 6290

Place in the ranking	1347	532
Place by popularity	not in top-100	18
Power efficiency	0.97	11.38
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Cedar	Cezanne
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	4 December 2011 (13 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	80	448
Core clock speed	650 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	400 MHz	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.200	53.20
Floating-point processing power	0.104 TFLOPS	1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	8
TMUs	8	28

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 6290 0.27

Vega 7 7.47
+2667%

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.

HD 6290 179

Vega 7 5249
+2832%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	6 −267%	22 +267%
1440p	1−2 −3100%	32 +3100%
4K	0−1	16

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−2650%

55−60
+2650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2567%	80−85 +2567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2650%	220−230 +2650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −2579%	750−800 +2579%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2567%	80−85 +2567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2650%	220−230 +2650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −2567%	240−250 +2567%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −2579%	750−800 +2579%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2567%	80−85 +2567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −2650%	220−230 +2650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2650%	110−120 +2650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −2567%	240−250 +2567%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −2579%	750−800 +2579%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 −2567%	160−170 +2567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2650%

55−60
+2650%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2650%

55−60
+2650%

This is how HD 6290 and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

Vega 7 is 267% faster in 1080p
Vega 7 is 3100% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.27	7.47
Recency	4 December 2011	13 April 2021
Chip lithography	40 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	45 Watt

HD 6290 has 136.8% lower power consumption.

Vega 7, on the other hand, has a 2666.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6290 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6290 is a desktop card while Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.