GeForce 7100 GS vs Radeon HD 6490M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1106not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameSeymourNV44 B2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years ago)8 August 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,193.03 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 cores160no data
Core clock speed800 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors370 million75 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm
Texture fill rate6.4001.400
Floating-point processing power0.256 TFLOPSno data
ROPs42
TMUs84

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 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz266 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s4.256 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.03.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 6490M 377
+639%
7100 GS 51

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2011 8 August 2006
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm

HD 6490M has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6490M and GeForce 7100 GS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6490M is a notebook card while GeForce 7100 GS is a desktop one.


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