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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon HD 7290 | Radeon R2 6200T |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6357% | 3431% |
| Hitman 3 | 8300% | 4494% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 5806% | 3130% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 6357% | 3431% |
| FIFA 21 | 3157% | 1681% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 8986% | 4869% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 5614% | 3025% |
| Genshin Impact | 6357% | 3431% |
| The Medium | 7957% | 4306% |
| Far Cry 6 | 9243% | 5009% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon R2 6200T are significantly better than the AMD Radeon HD 7290.
The Radeon R2 6200T has a 20 MHz higher core clock speed and the same number of Texture Mapping Units as the Radeon HD 7290. This results in the Radeon R2 6200T providing 0.2 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The Radeon R2 6200T has a 20 MHz higher core clock speed than the Radeon HD 7290 and the same number of Render Output Units. This results in the Radeon R2 6200T providing 0.1 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The Radeon R2 6200T was released over a year more recently than the Radeon HD 7290, and so the Radeon R2 6200T is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the Radeon HD 7290.
Both GPUs exhibit very poor performance, so rather than upgrading from one to the other you should consider looking at more powerful GPUs. Neither of these will be able to run the latest games in any playable way.
The Radeon HD 7290 and the Radeon R2 6200T have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The memory bandwidth of the Radeon HD 7290 and the Radeon R2 6200T are the same, which means the Radeon HD 7290 and the Radeon R2 6200T have equal limitations when it comes to graphical data transfer.
The Radeon HD 7290 has 80 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon R2 6200T has 128. However, the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 7290 is 16 and the actual shader performance of the Radeon R2 6200T is 25. The Radeon R2 6200T having 9 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the Radeon R2 6200T delivers a marginally smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Radeon HD 7290.
The Radeon R2 6200T transistor size technology is 12 nm (nanometers) smaller than the Radeon HD 7290. This means that the Radeon R2 6200T is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the Radeon HD 7290. While they exhibit similar graphical performance, the Radeon R2 6200T should consume less power than the Radeon HD 7290.
The Radeon HD 7290 requires 9 Watts to run and the Radeon R2 6200T requires 4 Watts. The Radeon HD 7290 requires 5 Watts more than the Radeon R2 6200T to run. The difference is not significant enough for the Radeon HD 7290 to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the Radeon R2 6200T.
| Core Speed | 280 MHz | vs |  | 300 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 400 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 Loveland | Puma Mullins ML-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | None | vs | None | ||
| Driver Support | Poor |
| vs | - | |
| Release Date | 05 Jun 2012 | vs |  | 29 Apr 2014 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 2.1
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vs | - | |
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| 1600x900 | 1.5
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vs | - | |
| 1920x1080 | 0.8
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vs | - | |
| 2560x1440 | 0.5
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vs | - | |
| 3840x2160 | - | |
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| Memory | N/A | vs | N/A | ||
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| Memory Speed | 533 MHz | | vs | | 533 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 64 Bit | | vs | | 64 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | | DDR3 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 8.5GB/sec | | vs | | 8.5GB/sec |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | |
vs | |
1024 KB |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 80 | vs | | 128 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 1% | | vs | | 1% |
| Technology | 40nm | vs | | 28nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 8 | | vs | | 8 |
| Texture Rate | 2.2 GTexel/s | vs | | 2.4 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 4 | | vs | | 4 |
| Pixel Rate | 1.1 GPixel/s | vs | | 1.2 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 2560x1600 | vs | | 4096x2160 | |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 9 Watts | vs | | 4 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 11.0 | vs | | 11.2 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.3 | | vs | | 4.3 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | no | vs | no | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | AMD APU C-70 | | vs | AMD APU E1 Micro-6200T Dual-Core | |
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| Recommended RAM | 3 GB | | vs | 4 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1280x720 | | vs | 1024x768 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview Radeon HD 7290 is an Integrated Graphics Card, on the APU C-70, based on the second revision of the Terascale Architecture. Architecture The Second variant of the Terascale 2 Architecture is still manufactured with a 40nm technology and despite allowing more Stream Cores, their design remains more or less the same compared to the first variant. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed Loveland which has 1 Compute Units activated and thus offers 80 Shader Processing Units, 8 TMUs and 4 ROPs. The Central Unit Initially Runs at 280MHz and goes up to 400MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU Shares the System's RAM which varies from laptop to laptop. Typically, the GPU reserves 1GB. Depending on whether or not the system's RAM is Dual-Channeled, it can access either a 64-bit or 128-bit memory interface. The operating memory clock also depends on the at which speed the System's RAM is running and is limited by the highest operating speed that the Processor supports. In this case, it is 533MHz. It is then obvious the Memory Bandwidth depends on a lot of factors and thus Radeon HD 7310's performance may vary from system to system. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for HD3D, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, PowerPlay and other technologies. Performance Radeon HD 7290 is a direct re-brand of Radeon HD 6290. Gaming benchmarks put its performance on level with the older Radeon HD 6290. System Suggestions We recommend 4GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 7290. | Radeon R2 6200T is an integrated Graphics Card in the APU E1 Micro-6200T Dual Core. It is based on the Graphics Core Next Architecture and offers 128 Shader Processing Units, 8 TMUs and 4 ROPs. While the central unit is set at 300MHz, the memory bus-width will be of 64-bit, as the processor only support single channeled RAM. The memory clock runs at up to 533MHz. The Graphics Card also shares the processor's L2 Cache of 1MB. Therefore, it reduces the need to resort to its memory bandwidth. Therefore, the Graphics Card's performance depends a lot on the system configuration. Best case scenario, expect performance around 5% worse than the integrated Intel HD 2500. The card is only suited for gaming below 720p and not all modern demanding games can be played, even at least on low settings. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||