ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition vs HD 7400G
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1173 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.78 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | R500 (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | Scrapper | R580 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 October 2012 (12 years ago) | 6 November 2006 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $349 |
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 | 192 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 327 MHz | 575 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 424 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 384 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.088 | 6.900 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1628 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 12 |
| TMUs | 12 | 12 |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 38.4 GB/s |
| 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 | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 October 2012 | 6 November 2006 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 75 Watt |
HD 7400G has an age advantage of 5 years, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 341.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7400G and Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7400G is a notebook card while Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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