AMD Radeon HD 6290 vs ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Cedar | R481 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Cedar LE | R481 PRO |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | R400 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 160 million |
| Die size | 59 mm² | 297 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 4th, 2011 | Sep 4th, 2005 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | Radeon R400 AGP |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | Radeon R300 |
| Successor | Southern Islands | Radeon R500 AGP |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Launch price | — | 279 USD |
| Reviews | — | 58 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 12.80 GB/s | 32.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 80 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 12 |
| ROPs | 4 | 12 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 12 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 6 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.600 GPixel/s | 6.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.200 GTexel/s | 6.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 104.0 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 750.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 19 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
| Board number | — | A475 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0b (9_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0b |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0b |
