Playstation 5 Pro GPU vs Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameSeymourViola
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2 May 2011 (13 years ago)7 November 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 cores1603840
Core clock speed750 MHz2180 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2350 MHz
Number of transistors370 million10,600 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data232 Watt
Texture fill rate6.000564.0
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPS36.1 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs8240

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 x16no data
Lengthno data386 mm

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed794 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.41 GB/s448.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.0N/A
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 May 2011 7 November 2024
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm

Playstation 5 Pro GPU has an age advantage of 13 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition and Playstation 5 Pro GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition is a notebook card while Playstation 5 Pro GPU is a desktop one.


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