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AMD Radeon HD 7290 vs AMD Radeon HD 6320 vs AMD Radeon HD 6250

AMD Radeon HD 7290

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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.

AMD Radeon HD 6320

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The AMD Radeon HD 6320 (or perhaps also called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6320) is an integrated graphics card in the Zacate netbook processor. It is based on the same graphics core as the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 but without any dedicated memory. Compared to the slower Radeon HD 6310, the 6320 offers the same base clock rate, but in difference features the automatic overclocking to 600MHz (Turbo Core).

The 3D performance of the HD 6320 should be only minimally faster than a 6310 and therefore only low demanding or older games should run fluently (e.g. Call of Duty 4, Sims 3, Left 4 Dead 2, Fifa 11).

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) is theoretically supported by the UVD3 but wasn't available in the first laptops and platforms (no hardware accelleration and no HDMI 1.4 output).

AMD Radeon HD 6250

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The AMD Radeon HD 6250 (or sometimes also called ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6250) is an integrated graphics card in the Ontario netbook processors (e.g., C-50 and C-30). It is 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.

The 3D performance of the HD 6250 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. In our tests only very old games ran fluent in medium detail settings (e.g. Half Life 2). Even non demanding games like Trackmania Nations Forever ran in our tests with a C-50 APU only in low settings. Modern games like Starcraft 2 or Battlefield Bad Company 2 are unplayable.

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 6250 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.

AMD Radeon HD 7290AMD Radeon HD 6320AMD Radeon HD 6250
Brazos Series
Radeon HD 7340 80 @ 0.52 - 0.68 GHz
Radeon HD 6320 80 @ 0.5 - 0.6 GHz
Radeon HD 7310 80 @ 0.5 GHz
Radeon HD 6310 80 @ 0.5 GHz
Radeon HD 7290 80 @ 0.28 - 0.4 GHz
Radeon HD 6290 80 @ 0.28 - 0.4 GHz
Radeon HD 6250 80 @ 0.28 GHz
Radeon HD 7340 80 @ 0.52 - 0.68 GHz
Radeon HD 6320 80 @ 0.5 - 0.6 GHz
Radeon HD 7310 80 @ 0.5 GHz
Radeon HD 6310 80 @ 0.5 GHz
Radeon HD 7290 80 @ 0.28 - 0.4 GHz
Radeon HD 6290 80 @ 0.28 - 0.4 GHz
Radeon HD 6250 80 @ 0.28 GHz
Radeon HD 7340 80 @ 0.52 - 0.68 GHz
Radeon HD 6320 80 @ 0.5 - 0.6 GHz
Radeon HD 7310 80 @ 0.5 GHz
Radeon HD 6310 80 @ 0.5 GHz
Radeon HD 7290 80 @ 0.28 - 0.4 GHz
Radeon HD 6290 80 @ 0.28 - 0.4 GHz
Radeon HD 6250 80 @ 0.28 GHz
CodenameZacateZacateZacate
ArchitectureTerascale 2Terascale 2Terascale 2
Pipelines80 - unified80 - unified80 - unified
Core Speed280 - 400 (Boost) MHz500 - 600 (Boost) MHz280 MHz
Shared Memoryyesyesyes
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0DirectX 11, Shader 5.0DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
technology40 nm40 nm40 nm
FeaturesDirectX 11, UVD3, Turbo Core 400MHzDirectX 11, UVD3
Date of Announcement01.07.2011 16.11.2010 16.11.2010
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.amd.comwww.amd.com
CPU in Radeon HD 6250GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
AMD Z-602 x 1000 MHz, 4.5 W276 MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
793 Points (1%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
1091 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
12199 Points (1%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
226 Points (0%)
min: 319     avg: 329.7     median: 332.5 (0%)     max: 338 Points
min: 186     avg: 188.7     median: 188.5 (0%)     max: 192 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
206 Points (0%)
min: 290     avg: 301     median: 302 (0%)     max: 308 Points
min: 167     avg: 171.8     median: 172 (0%)     max: 175 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon HD 7290
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
534 Points (0%)
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon HD 6320
min: 751     avg: 874     median: 891.5 (0%)     max: 951 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon HD 6250
min: 405     avg: 438     median: 422 (0%)     max: 560 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon HD 7290
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
466 Points (0%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon HD 6320
min: 626     avg: 739     median: 761 (0%)     max: 803 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon HD 6250
min: 336     avg: 363     median: 346 (0%)     max: 477 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 6154     avg: 6640     median: 6589.5 (7%)     max: 7266 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
6898 Points (4%)
min: 4209     avg: 4250     median: 4257 (2%)     max: 4278 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 3997     avg: 4294     median: 4253 (5%)     max: 4508 Points
min: 2487     avg: 2622     median: 2654.5 (3%)     max: 2691 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon HD 7290
3DMark 06
1536 Points (2%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon HD 6320
min: 2155     avg: 2416     median: 2406.5 (3%)     max: 2706 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon HD 6250
min: 1399     avg: 1441     median: 1446.5 (2%)     max: 1480 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + AMD Radeon HD 6320
3DMark 06
2876 Points (4%)
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + AMD Radeon HD 6250
min: 1680     avg: 1720     median: 1710 (2%)     max: 1769 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 + AMD Radeon HD 6250
3DMark 06
min: 1586     avg: 1617     median: 1616.5 (2%)     max: 1647 Points
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
1.5 fps (0%)
2.5 fps (0%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 5.6     avg: 5.8     median: 5.9 (75%)     max: 5.9 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 3.9     avg: 4.4     median: 4.5 (57%)     max: 4.6 Points
min: 4     avg: 4.1     median: 4.1 (52%)     max: 4.2 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon HD 7290
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
1342 Points (1%)
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon HD 6320
min: 1852     avg: 2030     median: 2056 (1%)     max: 2111 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon HD 6250
min: 1186     avg: 1338     median: 1372 (1%)     max: 1448 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon HD 7290
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
5 fps (2%)
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon HD 6320
min: 7.75     avg: 8.3     median: 8.4 (3%)     max: 8.51 fps
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon HD 6250
min: 5     avg: 5     median: 5 (2%)     max: 5.09 fps
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
16 Samples/s (0%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
27 Samples/s (0%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
188 Points (0%)
160 Points (0%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon HD 7290 → 100% n=7

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon HD 6320 → 157% n=7

Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon HD 6250 → 88% n=7

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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
100%
Radeon HD 7290:
4.6  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 6320:
22.8  fps
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
100%
Radeon HD 7290:
17.3  fps
156%
Radeon HD 6320:
25 27.5 27.6 27.8 ~ 27 fps
75%
Radeon HD 6250:
13  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
Radeon HD 7290:
6.5  fps
154%
Radeon HD 6320:
9.7 10.5 10.6 ~ 10 fps
77%
Radeon HD 6250:
5  fps
low 1280x720
100%
Radeon HD 7290:
8.7  fps
131%
Radeon HD 6320:
11.4  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon HD 6320:
8.3  fps
Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
low 800x600
Radeon HD 6320:
27.5 29 32.6 ~ 30 fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 6320:
18 18.8 ~ 18 fps
F1 2011

F1 2011

2011
low 800x600
Radeon HD 6320:
13 16 ~ 15 fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 6320:
13  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 6320:
20 23.5 ~ 22 fps
Dirt 3

Dirt 3

2011
low 800x600
Radeon HD 6320:
23.2 25.2 25.9 ~ 25 fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 6320:
12.8 12.9 ~ 13 fps
Total War: Shogun 2

Total War: Shogun 2

2011
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 6320:
26.2  fps
Civilization 5

Civilization 5

2010
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 6320:
16.3  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 6320:
46  fps
Radeon HD 6250:
12.5  fps
med. 1360x768
Radeon HD 6320:
13  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 6320:
17.7  fps
Radeon HD 6250:
8.8  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon HD 6320:
14.2  fps
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
Radeon HD 6250:
15  fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 6250:
7  fps
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
Radeon HD 6250:
17 28.9 ~ 23 fps
Sims 3

Sims 3

2009
low 800x600
Radeon HD 6250:
63  fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 6250:
18  fps
Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

2008
low 640x480
Radeon HD 6320:
36.5  fps
high 1024x768
Radeon HD 6320:
20.5  fps
Trackmania Nations Forever

Trackmania Nations Forever

2008
low 640x480
Radeon HD 6250:
41.9  fps
high 1024x768
Radeon HD 6250:
10.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon HD 6250:
5.9  fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
low 800x600
Radeon HD 6250:
19  fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 6250:
4  fps
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

2005
high 1024x768
Radeon HD 6250:
25.4  fps
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
low 800x600
Radeon HD 6250:
40  fps
med. 1024x768
Radeon HD 6250:
16.3  fps

Average Gaming AMD Radeon HD 7290 → 100%

Average Gaming AMD Radeon HD 6320 → 147%

Average Gaming AMD Radeon HD 6250 → 76%

AMD Radeon HD 7290lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Fifa 134.6
Anno 207017.36.5
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim8.7
< 30 fps
< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps
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AMD Radeon HD 6320lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Diablo III22.8
Anno 20702710
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim11.48.3
Fifa 123018
F1 20111513
Deus Ex Human Revolution22
Dirt 32513
Total War: Shogun 226.2
Civilization 516.3
StarCraft 24613
Battlefield: Bad Company 217.714.2
Left 4 Dead36.520.5
< 30 fps
< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps
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AMD Radeon HD 6250lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Anno 2070135
StarCraft 212.5
Battlefield: Bad Company 28.8
Risen157
Anno 140423
Sims 36318
Trackmania Nations Forever41.910.95.9
World in Conflict - Benchmark194
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark25.42
World of Warcraft39.9916.28
< 30 fps
< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps
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