Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Intel HD Pentium G620 | Radeon HD 4290 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4148% | 4297% |
| Hitman 3 | 5426% | 5620% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 3785% | 3921% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 4148% | 4297% |
| FIFA 21 | 2043% | 2118% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 5877% | 6087% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 3659% | 3791% |
| Genshin Impact | 4148% | 4297% |
| The Medium | 5201% | 5386% |
| Far Cry 6 | 6047% | 6262% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel HD Pentium G620 are marginally better than the AMD Radeon HD 4290.
The HD Pentium G620 was released over a year more recently than the Radeon HD 4290, and so the HD Pentium G620 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 Pentium G620 does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The HD Pentium G620 has 6 Shader Processing Units and the Radeon HD 4290 has 40. However, the actual shader performance of the HD Pentium G620 is 16 and the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 4290 is 18. The Radeon HD 4290 having 2 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the HD Pentium G620 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.
| Core Speed | 850 MHz |  | vs | 700 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge | RS880D | |||
| OC Potential | None | vs | None | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 01 May 2011 |  | vs | 01 Mar 2010 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| Memory | N/A | vs | | N/A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 533 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | 32 Bit | |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | DDR2 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 17.1GB/sec | | vs | - | |
| L2 Cache | - | vs | - | ||
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 6 | vs | | 40 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 1% | | 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 | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 10.1 | | vs | | 10.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 4.1 | | 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 | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended RAM | - | - | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | - | - | |||
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Intel HD Pentium G620 is a specific version of the Intel HD Graphics that comes embedded on the CPU 'Pentium G620 2.6GHz'. It's based on the Sandy Bridge architecture, meaning it features 6 SPUs. The GPU's clock is initially set at 850MHz and can go to up to 1100MHz. The max memory type supported is DDR3 1066MHz - therefore, the GPU's max memory clock is 533MHz. Intel HD Pentium G620's gaming performance is very limited and so most games will have to be played at very reduced settings while extremely demanding games are probably out of the question. | 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 | - | - | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||