Radeon HD 6290 vs R3 (Mullins/Beema)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) with Radeon HD 6290, including specs and performance data.

R3 (Mullins/Beema)
2014
0.84
+211%

R3 (Mullins/Beema) outperforms HD 6290 by a whopping 211% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11371345
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.99
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBeema/MullinsCedar
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)4 December 2011 (12 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 cores12880
Core clock speed350 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed686 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistorsno data292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data19 Watt
Texture fill rateno data5.200
Floating-point processing powerno data0.104 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data12.8 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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-N/A

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.

R3 (Mullins/Beema) 0.84
+211%
HD 6290 0.27

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.

R3 (Mullins/Beema) 620
+246%
HD 6290 179

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.

R3 (Mullins/Beema) 1815
+265%
HD 6290 497

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 HD15
+150%
6
−150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+10.7%
27−30
−10.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+10.7%
27−30
−10.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+10.7%
27−30
−10.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how R3 (Mullins/Beema) and HD 6290 compete in popular games:

  • R3 (Mullins/Beema) is 150% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R3 (Mullins/Beema) is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R3 (Mullins/Beema) is ahead in 27 tests (93%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (7%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 0.27
Recency 29 April 2014 4 December 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

R3 (Mullins/Beema) has a 211.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6290 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 6290 is a desktop one.


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