AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Seymour | G92 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Seymour XTX (216-0810005) | NB8E-GT-A2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 754 million |
| Die size | 67 mm² | 324 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | May 2nd, 2011 | Nov 1st, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Vancouver (HD 6400M) | GeForce 8M (8000M) |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-HE |
| Predecessor | Manhattan | GeForce Go 7 |
| Successor | London | GeForce 9M |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 750 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 794 MHz 3.2 Gbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1250 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 25.41 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 160 | 64 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 64 KB |
| SM count | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.000 GPixel/s | 8.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 6.000 GTexel/s | 16.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 240.0 GFLOPS | 160.0 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | unknown | 50 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Slot width | — | MXM Module |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
