Radeon HD 8490 OEM vs GeForce Go 7800 GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1277not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.59no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG70Caicos
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 September 2005 (19 years ago)23 July 2013 (12 years ago)

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 cores32160
Core clock speed440 MHz875 MHz
Boost clock speed440 MHzno data
Number of transistors302 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate10.567.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.28 TFLOPS
ROPs244
TMUs248
L1 Cacheno data16 KB
L2 Cacheno data128 KB

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed550 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth35.2 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 September 2005 23 July 2013
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

HD 8490 OEM has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 175% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 7800 GTX and Radeon HD 8490 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce Go 7800 GTX is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 8490 OEM is a desktop one.

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