Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 4000

AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 2 May 2011
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 160 vs 16
7.1x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 33.6 gflops

Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 16
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 33.6 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	347
PassMark - G2D Mark	194
Geekbench - OpenCL	538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	155.638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2392
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4000	AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	Seymour
Launch date	14 May 2012	2 May 2011
Place in performance rating	1501	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	160
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.0	4.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		25.41 GB / s
Memory clock speed		3176 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
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