Radeon RX 490M vs GeForce Go 6100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1480 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | no data | Polaris (2016−2019) |
| GPU code name | C51MV | Polaris |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 February 2006 (18 years ago) | 1 August 2016 (8 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 | 3 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 425 MHz | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 14 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 | no data | large |
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 | shared Memory | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | shared Memory | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2006 | 1 August 2016 |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 14 nm |
RX 490M has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6100 and Radeon RX 490M. We've got no test results to judge.
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