NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M vs AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M 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. 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 710M

AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Around 16% better floating-point performance: 297.6 gflops vs 256 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 442 vs 378
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2843 vs 1405
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2843 vs 1405
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 2543
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 2543

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	297.6 gflops vs 256 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	442 vs 378
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2843 vs 1405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2843 vs 1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 2543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 2543

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 67% higher pipelines: 160 vs 96
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 514 vs 118
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4866 vs 2413

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 775 MHz
Pipelines	160 vs 96
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	514 vs 118
Geekbench - OpenCL	4866 vs 2413

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6490M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

442

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

118

514

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2413

4866

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2843

1405

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2843

1405

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

2543

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

2543

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M	AMD Radeon HD 6490M
PassMark - G3D Mark	442	378
PassMark - G2D Mark	118	514
Geekbench - OpenCL	2413	4866
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2843	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2843	1405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	2543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	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 710M	AMD Radeon HD 6490M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF117	Seymour
Launch date	9 January 2013	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1186	1189
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,193.03
Price now		$1,193.03
Value for money (0-100)		0.39
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	297.6 gflops	256 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	96	160
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	370 million
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	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0