Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | HD Xeon E3-1225 | Radeon HD 4290 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2805% | 4297% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 2557% | 3921% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 2471% | 3791% |
| FIFA 21 | 1365% | 2118% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 3987% | 6087% |
| Far Cry 6 | 4103% | 6262% |
| Genshin Impact | 2805% | 4297% |
| Hitman 3 | 3679% | 5620% |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 2702% | 4141% |
| Mafia: Definitive Edition | 4065% | 6204% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel HD Xeon E3-1225 are significantly better than the AMD Radeon HD 4290.
The HD Xeon E3-1225 was released over a year more recently than the Radeon HD 4290, and so the HD Xeon E3-1225 is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the Radeon HD 4290.
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 4290 has 128 MB video memory, but the HD Xeon E3-1225 does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The HD Xeon E3-1225 has 12 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon HD 4290 has 40. However, the actual shader performance of the HD Xeon E3-1225 is 32 and the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 4290 is 18. The HD Xeon E3-1225 having 14 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the HD Xeon E3-1225 delivers a slightly smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Radeon HD 4290.
| Core Speed | 850 MHz |  | vs | 700 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge | RS880D | |||
| OC Potential | None | vs | None | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 01 Apr 2011 |  | vs | 01 Mar 2010 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| Memory | N/A | vs | | N/A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 667 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | 32 Bit | |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | DDR2 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 21.3GB/sec | | vs | - | |
| L2 Cache | - | vs | - | ||
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 12 | vs | | 40 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 2% | | vs | 1% | |
| Technology | - | vs | | 55nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | - | vs | | 4 | |
| Texture Rate | - | vs | | 2.8 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | - | vs | | 4 | |
| Pixel Rate | - | vs | | 2.8 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | - | vs | - | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | - | - | |||
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 10.1 | | vs | | 10.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 4.0 | vs | | 4.1 | |
| Open GL | 3.1 | vs | | 3.2 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | no | ||
| Dedicated | no | vs | no | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | - | |||
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| Recommended RAM | - | - | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | - | - | |||
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | HD Xeon E3-1225 is a specific version of the Intel HD P3000 Graphics that comes with the CPU 'Intel Xeon E3-1225'. Based on the Sandy Bridge architecture, it also features 12 Shader Processing Units, supports openGL up to 3.1, Shader up to 4.0 and DirectX 10.1. Just like other integrated GPUs, it uses system memory and the max memory supported is DDR3-1333, meaning the max memory speed is 667MHz. The CPUs only supports up to dual-channel memory, meaning a 128 bits bus is the largest bus width supported. It comes clocked at 850MHz but the Turbo Boost of the CPU can set it up to 1350MHz. Benchmarks indicate its performance is on level with an entry-level NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M. | Radeon HD 4290 (IGP) is an integrated GPU on the AMD 890GX Chipset. It's based on the RS880D Core and offers 40 Shader Processing Units, 4 TMUs and 4 ROPs a 32-bit memory interface of either DDR2 (more commonly) or DDR3. The central unit runs, commonly, at up to 700MHz and the memory clock's operating speed depends on the system RAM's speed. Radeon HD 4290's performance depends on the users system configuration which will define the operating memory clock's speed and on the desktop manufacturer which decides its central unit's speed. Therefore, Radeon HD 4290, even if paired with DDR3 won't offer similar performance to the dedicated Radeon HD 4350. DirectX 11 games aren't supported. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | - | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||