Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Radeon HD 7290 | Mobility Radeon HD 3450 |
| Hitman 3 | 8300% | 7719% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6357% | 5911% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 5806% | 5397% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 6357% | 5911% |
| FIFA 21 | 3157% | 2932% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 8986% | 8357% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 5614% | 5219% |
| Genshin Impact | 6357% | 5911% |
| Far Cry 6 | 9243% | 8597% |
| The Medium | 7957% | 7400% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3450 are very slightly better than the AMD Radeon HD 7290.
The Radeon HD 7290 was released over three years more recently than the Radeon HD, and so the Radeon HD 7290 is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the Radeon HD when running the latest games.
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 has 256 MB video memory, but the Radeon HD 7290 does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The Radeon HD 7290 has 80 Shader Processing Units and the Mobility Radeon HD 3450 has 40. However, the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 7290 is 16 and the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD is 20. The Radeon HD having 4 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the Radeon HD delivers a marginally smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Radeon HD 7290.
The Radeon HD 7290 requires 9 Watts to run and the Mobility Radeon HD 3450 requires 12 Watts. The Radeon HD requires 3 Watts more than the Radeon HD 7290 to run. The difference is not significant enough for the Radeon HD to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the Radeon HD 7290.
| Core Speed | 280 MHz | vs |  | 500 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 400 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 Loveland | RV620 | |||
| OC Potential | None | vs |
| Fair | |
| Driver Support | Poor |
| vs | - | |
| Release Date | 05 Jun 2012 | | vs | 07 Jan 2008 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 2.1
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vs | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | |
vs | |
- |
| Memory | N/A | vs | | 256 MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 533 MHz | vs | | 700 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 64 Bit | | vs | | 64 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | | GDDR3 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 8.5GB/sec | vs | | 11.2GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | |
vs | - | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 80 | | vs | 40 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 1% | | vs | | 1% |
| Technology | 40nm | | vs | - | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 8 | | vs | - | |
| Texture Rate | 2.2 GTexel/s | | vs | - | |
| Render Output Units | 4 | | vs | - | |
| Pixel Rate | 1.1 GPixel/s | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 2560x1600 | | vs | | 2560x1600 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 9 Watts | | vs | 12 Watts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 11.0 | | vs | 10.1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | 4.1 | |
| Open GL | 4.3 | | vs | 2.0 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | no | vs | | yes | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | AMD APU C-70 | - | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 3 GB | - | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1280x720 | | - | ||
| 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. | The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series of discrete graphics allow you to experience the power of HD with graphics processing designed for how you work and play. Advance to the next generation of HD game performance and lifelike realism thanks to Microsoft DirectX 10.1 capabilities and PCI Express 2.0 support for fast throughput and superior overall system performance. Watch the latest Blu-ray and HD-DVD videos in full-HD 1080p image resolution off your graphics processor and reduce demands on your CPU. Enjoy breakthrough energy efficiency with superb performance-per-watt delivering exceptional battery life. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||