Radeon HD 7490M vs ATI HD 5850

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking667not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.56no data
Power efficiency2.39no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameCypressSeymour
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 September 2009 (15 years ago)7 January 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores1440160
Core clock speed725 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)151 Watt9 Watt
Texture fill rate52.206.400
Floating-point processing power2.088 TFLOPS0.256 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs728

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz950 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s30.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2009 7 January 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 9 Watt

HD 7490M has an age advantage of 2 years, and 1577.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 7490M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5850 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon HD 7490M is a notebook one.

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