AMD Radeon HD 6490M videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Radeon HD 6490M videocard released by AMD; release date: 4 January 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $1,193.03. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Seymour.

Core clock speed - 800 MHz. Texture fill rate - 6.4 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 160. Floating-point performance - 256 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 370 million.

Memory type: DDR3 / GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 25.6 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
378
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
514
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
4866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
2.554 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
96.344 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.000 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
6.001 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
10.814 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1405 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2543 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1405.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2543.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 378
PassMark - G2D Mark 514
Geekbench - OpenCL 4866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 2.554 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 96.344 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.000 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 6.001 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 10.814 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1405 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2543 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1405.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2543.000 Fps

Games performance

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768194.80
Medium, 1360x76833.70
High, 1360x76822.10

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x60036.00
Medium, 1360x76821.00

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

Low, 800x60039.12

Left 4 Dead (2008)

High, 1024x76875.00

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480283.00
High, 1024x76854.50
Ultra, 1920x108025.60

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x76891.50
Medium, 1024x76830.90
High, 1024x76824.70

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600198.00
Medium, 1024x76856.00
High, 1024x76824.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768173.40

World of Warcraft (2005)

Medium, 1024x76870.00
High, 1280x102419.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2
Code name Seymour
Launch date 4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $1,193.03
Place in performance rating 1188
Price now $1,193.03
Type Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 0.39

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 256 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 160
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory 0