AMD Radeon HD 6490M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M 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 Quadro FX 350M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 450 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
40x more pipelines: 160 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 900 MHz
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 378 vs 45
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 514 vs 132

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 January 2011 vs 13 March 2006
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	378 vs 45
PassMark - G2D Mark	514 vs 132

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6490M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

514

132

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6490M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
PassMark - G3D Mark	378	45
PassMark - G2D Mark	514	132
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2543

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6490M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Seymour	G72
Launch date	4 January 2011	13 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,193.03
Place in performance rating	1186	1189
Price now	$1,193.03
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.39
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	256 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	160	4
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	370 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	64
Shared memory	0	no
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II