AMD Radeon HD 6490M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- 2.6x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1242 MHz
- 6.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 514 vs 76
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 4 January 2011 vs 23 December 2008 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
| Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz vs 1242 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 514 vs 76 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
- Around 85% higher core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 8.1x more texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
- Around 50% higher pipelines: 240 vs 160
- 2.8x better floating-point performance: 708.5 gflops vs 256 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- 4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1515 vs 378
- 4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22124 vs 4866
- Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 2543
- Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 2543
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1476 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 51.8 billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 240 vs 160 |
| Floating-point performance | 708.5 gflops vs 256 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1515 vs 378 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 22124 vs 4866 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3347 vs 2543 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3347 vs 2543 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6490M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 6490M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 378 | 1515 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 514 | 76 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 4866 | 22124 |
| 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 | 3347 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1405 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2543 | 3347 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 6490M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla 2.0 |
| Code name | Seymour | GT200B |
| Launch date | 4 January 2011 | 23 December 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,193.03 | $359 |
| Place in performance rating | 1186 | 1187 |
| Price now | $1,193.03 | $179.99 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 0.39 | 9.17 |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 1476 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 256 gflops | 708.5 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 160 | 240 |
| Texture fill rate | 6.4 GTexel / s | 51.8 billion / sec |
| Transistor count | 370 million | 1,400 million |
| CUDA cores | 240 | |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 204 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI |
| Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
| HDMI | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
| Length | 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) | |
| SLI options | 2-way3-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | 159.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 3200 MHz | 1242 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 / GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) | 128bit | |
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