ATI Radeon HD 4290 IGP vs Instinct MI6
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | Ellesmere | RS880 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 December 2016 (8 years ago) | 1 March 2010 (15 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 | 2304 | 40 |
| Core clock speed | 1120 MHz | 498 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1233 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 181 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 177.6 | 1.992 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.682 TFLOPS | 0.03984 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 144 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 576 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | no data |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 December 2016 | 1 March 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 55 nm |
Instinct MI6 has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI6 and Radeon HD 4290 IGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Instinct MI6 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 4290 IGP is a desktop one.
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