GeForce MX570 vs Radeon HD 6490

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated353
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data41.17
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRedwoodGA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 July 2011 (13 years ago)May 2022 (2 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 cores3202048
Core clock speed550 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1155 MHz
Number of transistors627 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)39 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate8.80073.92
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs840
TMUs1664
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length165 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s96 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 39 Watt 25 Watt

GeForce MX570 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 56% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6490 and GeForce MX570. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6490 is a desktop card while GeForce MX570 is a notebook one.


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