Radeon RX 490M vs GeForce 9650M GT

Primary Details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	NB9P-GT	Polaris
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	19 August 2008 (15 years ago)	1 August 2016 (7 years ago)
Current price	$49	$479

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	no data
CUDA cores	32	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	314 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	8.800	no data
Floating-point performance	84.8 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce 9650M GT and Radeon RX 490M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	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	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
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	No outputs	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	1920x1200	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	19 August 2008	1 August 2016
Chip lithography	55 nm	14 nm

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