AMD Radeon HD 6490M vs ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6490M and ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6490M

ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 525 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 2.1 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 160 vs 40
6.1x better floating-point performance: 256 gflops vs 42 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 378 vs 77
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 514 vs 262
18.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2543 vs 136
18.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2543 vs 136

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 525 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 2.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 40
Floating-point performance	256 gflops vs 42 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	378 vs 77
PassMark - G2D Mark	514 vs 262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2543 vs 136
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2543 vs 136

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6490M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

514

262

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2543

136

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2543

136

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6490M	ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	378	77
PassMark - G2D Mark	514	262
Geekbench - OpenCL	4866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	96.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	10.814
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2543	136
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2543	136

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6490M	ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Seymour	RV610
Launch date	4 January 2011	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,193.03
Place in performance rating	1188	1189
Price now	$1,193.03
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.39
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	525 MHz
Floating-point performance	256 gflops	42 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	160	40
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	2.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	370 million	180 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		20 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0