AMD Radeon HD 7290 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Loveland | G84 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 450 million | 289 million |
| Die size | 75 mm² | 169 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | NB8P-GS |
Integrated Graphics
| Release date | Jun 6th, 2012 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Wrestler (HD 7000 Mobile) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | IGP | — |
| Predecessor | Palm | — |
| Successor | Trinity | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 276 MHz | 475 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | System Shared | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 950 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | System Shared | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | System Dependent | 22.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 80 | 32 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| SM count | — | 4 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.104 GPixel/s | 3.800 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 2.208 GTexel/s | 7.600 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 44.16 GFLOPS | 60.80 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | IGP | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 18 W | 20 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
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 1st, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 8M (8000M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-II |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce Go 7 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 9M |
