AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cedar | G86 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cedar LE | NB8M-SE |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 210 million |
| Die size | 59 mm² | 127 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 4th, 2011 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | — |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | — |
| Successor | Southern Islands | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 400 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 800 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 12.80 GB/s | 6.400 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 80 | 8 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 16 KB |
| SM count | — | 1 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.600 GPixel/s | 1.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.200 GTexel/s | 3.200 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 104.0 GFLOPS | 12.80 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | IGP |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 19 W | 10 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | None |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | May 9th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 8M (8000M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce Go 7 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 9M |
