Radeon R5 Graphics IGP vs Radeon HD 6490

Radeon R5 Graphics IGP
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 14 Jun 2014
Radeon R5 Graphics IGP
Radeon HD 6490
Memory: 1024Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Jul 2011
Radeon HD 6490

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon R5 Graphics IGP

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6490

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon HD 6490

HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6490

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon R5 Graphics IGPRadeon HD 6490
GPU NameMullins ()vsRedwood (Redwood LE)
Fab Process28 nmvs40 nm
Die Size0 mm²vs104 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs627 million
Shaders128vs320
Compute Units2vs4
Core clock800 MHzvs550 MHz
ROPs4vs8
TMUs8vs16

Memory Configuration

Radeon R5 Graphics IGPRadeon HD 6490
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsDDR2
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs128 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs500 MHz
1000 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R5 Graphics IGPRadeon HD 6490
TDP15 wattsvs39 watts
Release Date14 Jun 2014vs4 Jul 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R5 Graphics IGP
    3.20 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 6490
    4.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R5 Graphics IGP
    6.40 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 6490
    8.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R5 Graphics IGP
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 6490
    16.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R5 Graphics IGP
    204.80 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 6490
    352.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better