Radeon PRO W7900 vs HD 6490

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated27
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data7.52
Power efficiencyno data17.47
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025)
GPU code nameRedwoodNavi 31
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date4 July 2011 (14 years ago)13 April 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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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 cores3206144
Core clock speed550 MHz1855 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2495 MHz
Number of transistors627 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)39 Watt295 Watt
Texture fill rate8.800958.1
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPS61.32 TFLOPS
ROPs8192
TMUs16384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96
L0 Cacheno data3 MB
L1 Cache32 KB3 MB
L2 Cache256 KB6 MB
L3 Cacheno data96 MB

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 4.0 x16
Length165 mm280 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s864.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.2
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 July 2011 13 April 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 39 Watt 295 Watt

HD 6490 has 656.4% lower power consumption.

PRO W7900, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6490 and Radeon PRO W7900. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6490 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon PRO W7900 is a workstation one.

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