Notebookcheck Logo

AMD Radeon HD 7290

The AMD Radeon HD 7290 (or sometimes also called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 7290) is an integrated graphics card in some Ontario netbook processors (e.g., C-70). Technically the 7290 is just a renamed Radeon HD 6290 and therefore also based on the same graphics core as the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 but without any dedicated memory. Furthermore, it features the newer UVD3 video processor. Compared to the slower HD 6250, the 7290 / 6290 features Turbo Core to overclock automatically to 400MHz.

The 3D performance of the HD 7290 is located in the low end above the integrated chipset graphics card of the 880M chipset (e.g. Radeon HD 4250). Due to the slow processor, the gaming is however very restricted. Only very old and low demanding games run fluent in low-medium detail settings (e.g. Half Life 2). Even non demanding games like Trackmania Nations Forever can only be played in low details. However, compared to the integrated graphics card in Atom processors (GMA 3150), the HD 7290 clearly wins.

The new UVD3 video decoder allows the decoding of HD videos using the graphics card. It allows the parallel decoding of two MPEG2, H.264 and VC-1 streams and therefore compatible to BD-Live. Furthermore, the new UVD3 also supports DivX, Xvid and MPEG4 Part 2 decoding. Blu-Ray 3D via MCV (Multiview Video Coding) of the UVD3 is not supported due to the low processing power.

The power consumption of the HD 7290 is quite low as it is directly integrated in the processor. The whole processor containing northbridge parts, a memory controller and the GPU is specified with 9 Watt TDP.

Brazos Series

Radeon HD 7340 compare 80 @ 0.52 - 0.68 GHz
Radeon HD 6320 compare 80 @ 0.5 - 0.6 GHz
Radeon HD 7310 compare 80 @ 0.5 GHz
Radeon HD 6310 compare 80 @ 0.5 GHz
Radeon HD 7290 80 @ 0.28 - 0.4 GHz
Radeon HD 6290 compare 80 @ 0.28 - 0.4 GHz
Radeon HD 6250 compare 80 @ 0.28 GHz
CodenameZacate
ArchitectureTerascale 2
Pipelines80 - unified
Core Speed280 - 400 (Boost) MHz
Shared Memoryyes
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
technology40 nm
FeaturesDirectX 11, UVD3, Turbo Core 400MHz
Date of Announcement01.07.2011
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.amd.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Fifa 13

Fifa 13

2012
low 1024x768
4.6  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
8.7  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Fifa 134.6
Anno 207017.36.5
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim8.7
< 30 fps
< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps
3


1














For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

Add one or more devices and compare

In the following list you can select (and also search for) devices that should be added to the comparison. You can select more than one device.

restrict list:

show all (including archived), 2024, 2023
v1.26
log 05. 19:55:53

#0 no ids found in url (should be separated by "_") +0s ... 0s

#1 not redirecting to Ajax server +0s ... 0s

#2 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Mon, 04 Mar 2024 05:34:43 +0100 +0.001s ... 0.001s

#3 composed specs +0.046s ... 0.047s

#4 did output specs +0s ... 0.047s

#5 start showIntegratedCPUs +0s ... 0.047s

#6 getting avg benchmarks for device 3868 +0.014s ... 0.061s

#7 got single benchmarks 3868 +0.008s ... 0.069s

#8 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.069s

#9 min, max, avg, median took s +0.183s ... 0.252s

#10 before gaming benchmark output +0s ... 0.252s

#11 Got 4 rows for game benchmarks. +0.002s ... 0.254s

#12 composed SQL query for gamebenchmarks +0s ... 0.254s

#13 got data and put it in $dataArray +0.002s ... 0.256s

#14 benchmarks composed for output. +0.048s ... 0.304s

#15 return log +0.05s ... 0.353s

Please share our article, every link counts!

» Comparison of GPUs
Detailed list of all laptop GPUs sorted by class and performance.

» Benchmark List
Sort and restrict laptop GPUs based on performance in synthetic benchmarks.

» Notebook Gaming List
Playable games for each graphics card and their average FPS results.

Class 1

Class 2

Radeon PRO W6600M *

Class 3

UHD Graphics 32EUs
UHD Graphics 750

Class 4

Class 5

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter