AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 SE
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Caicos | G73 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Caicos XTX | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 177 million |
| Die size | 67 mm² | 125 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jul 23rd, 2013 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Sea Islands | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | Southern Islands | — |
| Successor | Volcanic Islands | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 875 MHz | 350 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective | 333 MHz 666 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 14.40 GB/s | 21.31 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 160 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 12 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 12 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 5 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.500 GPixel/s | 2.800 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 7.000 GTexel/s | 4.200 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 280.0 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 437.5 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 35 W | 20 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | C369, C553 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 3.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Apr 18th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce Go 7 (Go 7000) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce Go 6 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 8M |
