ATI Radeon HD 5490 vs GeForce 7300 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1280not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency1.05no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG73Cedar
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 May 2006 (18 years ago)28 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data80
Core clock speed350 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors177 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)24 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate2.8005.200
Floating-point processing powerno data0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs88

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 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data170 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed325 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.4 GB/s8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2006 28 October 2012
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 24 Watt 19 Watt

ATI HD 5490 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 26.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7300 GT and Radeon HD 5490. We've got no test results to judge.


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