AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition vs Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition and Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition

2.1x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 350 MHz
26.7x more pipelines: 160 vs 6

Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 6

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm

Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Sandy Bridge
Code name	Seymour	Sandy Bridge
Launch date	2 May 2011	1 May 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	160	6
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	370 million
Boost clock speed		1100 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.41 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3176 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		yes