HD Graphics P4000 vs Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1087 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 2.10 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Generation 7.0 (2012−2013) |
| GPU code name | Seymour | Ivy Bridge GT2 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 May 2011 (14 years ago) | 14 May 2012 (13 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 cores | 160 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1250 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 1,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.000 | 20.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | 0.32 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 1 |
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
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 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 794 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.41 GB/s | no data |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.80 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 May 2011 | 14 May 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 22 nm |
HD Graphics P4000 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 81.8% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition and HD Graphics P4000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while HD Graphics P4000 is a desktop one.
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