ATI Mobility Radeon M6 vs RX 490M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	no data
GPU code name	Polaris	M6
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 August 2016 (8 years ago)	1 December 2001 (23 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	no data	2
Core clock speed	no data	2 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	166 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	180 nm

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).

Laptop size

large

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	no data	16 MB
Memory bus width	no data	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	166 MHz
Shared memory	-	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12

DDR

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 August 2016	1 December 2001
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm

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