ATI 9700 vs AMD HD 7290

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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
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Rage 8 (2002−2006)
GPU code nameZacateR300
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 July 2011 (12 years old)1 July 2002 (21 year old)
Current price$160 $7.52

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 cores80no data
Core clock speed280 MHz275 MHz
Boost clock speed400 MHzno data
Number of transistors450 million110 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt37 Watt
Texture fill rate3.2002.200

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7290 and Radeon 9700 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.

InterfaceIGPAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataFloppy

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 SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared128 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared540 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data17.28 GB/s
Shared memory+no 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.42.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/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 7290 111
+109%
ATI 9700 53

HD 7290 outperforms 9700 by 109% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 July 2011 1 July 2002
Maximum RAM amount System Shared 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 37 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7290 and Radeon 9700. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7290 is a notebook card while Radeon 9700 is a desktop one.


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