ATI Graphics Ultra + vs Radeon HD 7290

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)no data
GPU code nameZacateMach32
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 July 2011 (13 years ago)1 January 1992 (32 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores80no data
Core clock speed280 MHz10 MHz
Boost clock speed400 MHzno data
Number of transistors450 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.200no data
Floating-point performance0.064 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceIGPPCI
Widthno data1-slot

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataDRAM
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 MB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data10 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data80.0 MB/s
Shared memory+no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)None
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4None
OpenCL1.2None
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2011 1 January 1992
Chip lithography 40 nm 800 nm

HD 7290 has an age advantage of 19 years, and a 1900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7290 and Graphics Ultra +. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7290 is a notebook card while Graphics Ultra + is a desktop one.


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