NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M vs AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon HD 6490M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 497 vs 378
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2333 vs 1405
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2333 vs 1405
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3257 vs 2543
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3257 vs 2543

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2012 vs 4 January 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	497 vs 378
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2333 vs 1405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2333 vs 1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3257 vs 2543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3257 vs 2543

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Around 67% higher pipelines: 160 vs 96
Around 7% better floating-point performance: 256 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 514 vs 142
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4866 vs 2229

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	160 vs 96
Floating-point performance	256 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	514 vs 142
Geekbench - OpenCL	4866 vs 2229

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6490M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

497

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

142

514

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2229

4866

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2333

1405

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2333

1405

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3257

2543

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3257

2543

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M	AMD Radeon HD 6490M
PassMark - G3D Mark	497	378
PassMark - G2D Mark	142	514
Geekbench - OpenCL	2229	4866
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	999
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2333	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2333	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3257	2543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3257	2543
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M	AMD Radeon HD 6490M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF117	Seymour
Launch date	1 October 2012	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1207	1208
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,193.03
Price now		$1,193.03
Value for money (0-100)		0.39
Technical info
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	256 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	96	160
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	370 million
Core clock speed		800 MHz
Texture fill rate		6.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 API	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus