GMA vs Radeon HD 6790

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	757	1595
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.70	no data
Power efficiency	1.91	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	PowerVR SGX545 (2008−2010)
GPU code name	Barts	Cloverview
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	4 April 2011 (14 years ago)	4 May 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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 cores	800	no data
Core clock speed	840 MHz	533 MHz
Number of transistors	1,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	33.60	1.066
Floating-point processing power	1.344 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	1
TMUs	40	2
L1 Cache	160 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 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
Length	198 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	134.4 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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	ES 2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	52	no data
Full HD	61	no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p

2.44

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 April 2011	4 May 2010
Chip lithography	40 nm	32 nm

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