Radeon HD 6490M vs FirePro D700

Place in the ranking	373	1117
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.01
Power efficiency	3.53	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Seymour
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 January 2014 (11 years ago)	4 January 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,193.03

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	160
Core clock speed	850 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	108.8	6.400
Floating-point processing power	3.482 TFLOPS	0.256 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	128	8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1370 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	263.0 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

250−260
+1289%

−1289%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

66.28

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Elden Ring	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Elden Ring	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Fortnite	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
World of Tanks	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
World of Tanks	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Valorant	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how FirePro D700 and HD 6490M compete in popular games:

FirePro D700 is 1289% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 37 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.06	0.98
Recency	18 January 2014	4 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm

FirePro D700 has a 1334.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro D700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6490M in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D700 is a workstation card while Radeon HD 6490M is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.