AMD Radeon HD 6490M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 160 vs 16
10x better floating-point performance: 256 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
5.3x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 600 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 378 vs 85
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 514 vs 242
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2543 vs 778
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2543 vs 778

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 1 February 2008
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 16
Floating-point performance	256 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	378 vs 85
PassMark - G2D Mark	514 vs 242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2543 vs 778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2543 vs 778

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6490M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

514

242

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2543

778

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2543

778

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6490M	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
PassMark - G3D Mark	378	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	514	242
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	778
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2543	778

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6490M	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Seymour	G86
Launch date	4 January 2011	1 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,193.03
Place in performance rating	1208	1210
Price now	$1,193.03
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	0.39
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	256 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	160	16
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	370 million	210 million
CUDA cores		16
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		13 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
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	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0