Radeon RX 490M: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Radeon RX 490M sales 1 August 2016. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Polaris architecture and made with 14 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Radeon RX 490M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Polaris (2016−2019) | |
| GPU code name | Polaris | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 1 August 2016 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Radeon RX 490M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 490M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon RX 490M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 490M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Shared memory | - |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Radeon RX 490M, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 |
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Recommended processors
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