AMD Radeon HD 6490M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
AMD Radeon HD 6490M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

927
Place in performance rating
530
0.36
Value for money (0-100)
9.84
Terascale 2
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
Seymour
Code name
GT200B
Laptop
Type
Desktop
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
23 December 2008 (12 years ago)
$1,193.03
Launch price (MSRP)
$359
$248 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$74 (0.2x MSRP)
0.03
Value for money
2.25
Seymour XT
GPU code name
GT200B
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
240
700 / 750 / 800 MHz
Core clock speed
648 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
1,400 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
204 Watt
6.400
Texture fill rate
51.8 billion/sec
256 gflops
Floating-point performance
708.5 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
no data
CUDA cores
240
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
370 million
Number of transistors
1,400 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
204 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
no data
Length
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
no data
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
no data
SLI options
+
no data
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 can be seen in this section.

DDR3/GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1242 MHz
25.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
159.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
no data
Multi monitor support
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)
128bit

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.4
OpenGL
2.1
no data
Vulkan
N/A
no data
Shader Model
4.0
no data
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6490M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 6490M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6490M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6490M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6490M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6490M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6490M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6490M

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

5.42% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($74 (0.2x MSRP) vs $248 (0.2x MSRP))

More pipelines (240 vs 160)

More memory bandwidth (159.0 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6490M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 .

AMD Radeon HD 6490M versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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