Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition vs Quadro 4000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 779 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.08 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.91 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GF100 | Seymour |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 2 November 2010 (15 years ago) | 2 May 2011 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,199 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 256 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 475 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 142 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 15.20 | 6.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4864 TFLOPS | 0.24 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 128 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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | 2 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 702 MHz | 794 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 89.86 GB/s | 25.41 GB/s |
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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 November 2010 | 2 May 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
Quadro 4000 has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.
HD 6490M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months.
We couldn't decide between Quadro 4000 and Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro 4000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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