AMD Radeon HD 6490M videocard review

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

38534

378

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

514

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345391

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

93.230 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

4413.025 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

1. StarCraft 2 (2010)
2. Metro 2033 (2010)
3. GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)
4. Left 4 Dead (2008)

5. Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)
6. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
7. World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
8. Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)
9. World of Warcraft (2005)

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	194.80
Medium, 1360x768	33.70
High, 1360x768	22.10

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	36.00
Medium, 1360x768	21.00

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

Low, 800x600

39.12

Left 4 Dead (2008)

High, 1024x768

75.00

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480	283.00
High, 1024x768	54.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	25.60

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	91.50
Medium, 1024x768	30.90
High, 1024x768	24.70

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600	198.00
Medium, 1024x768	56.00
High, 1024x768	24.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768

173.40

World of Warcraft (2005)

Medium, 1024x768	70.00
High, 1280x1024	19.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Code name	Seymour
Launch date	4 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,193.03
Place in performance rating	1189
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