AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

AMD Radeon HD 6490M Mac
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
160 Shaders
256MB GDDR5
750MHz
16 Shaders
Shared Memory
450MHz
Peak AI Performance
240 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
0.04 TOPS
INT32
FP32
240 GFLOPS
FP32
40 GFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
iGPU
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TDP
25W
TDP
12W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Tesla
Family
Radeon HD 6000
Family
GeForce 9000
Codename
Caicos
RV910
Variant
Seymour XT
Codename
NVAC
MCP79
Variant
MCP79MX
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
1/4/2011
Release Date
10/15/2008
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
40nm
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Fabrication Node
65nm
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Die Size
67 mm²
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Die Size
144 mm²
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Transistor Count
370 Million
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Transistor Count
314 Million
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Transistor Density
5.52M/mm²
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Transistor Density
2.18M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
iGPU
Shading Units
160 Shaders
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Shading Units
16 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
8 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
8 TMUs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
2 SMs
Compute Units
2 CUs
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750MHz
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1100MHz Shader
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450MHz
Peak AI Performance
240 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
0.04 TOPS
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FP32
240 GFLOPS
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FP32
40 GFLOPS
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INT32
0.04 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
3 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
1.8 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
3.6 GTexel/s
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L1
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8KB/CU
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L1
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Unknown
L2
128KB Shared
L2
32KB Shared
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256MB
GDDR5
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Shared Memory
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Bus Width
64Bit
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Clock
794MHz
Transfer Rate
3.2GT/s
Bandwidth
25.4GB/s
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TDP
25W
TDP
12W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 3.0
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
11_1
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
5.0
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GFX
4
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.0
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PureVideo HD
VP3
VDPAU
Feature Set B
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
2.1
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Change Comparison