Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 720 vs Radeon HD 6490
Nvidia
GeForce GT 720
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 29 Sep 2014
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 6490
1024 Mb DDR2
Released 4 Jul 2011
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Summary
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 720
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the 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- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 6490
Based on theoretical specifications.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GT 720 | Radeon HD 6490 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK208 () | Redwood (Redwood LE) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 87 mm² | 104 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | 627 million |
| Shaders | 192 | 320 |
| Compute Units | 1 | 4 |
| Core clock | 797 MHz | 550 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 720 | Radeon HD 6490 |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | 500 MHz
1000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 720 | Radeon HD 6490 |
|---|
| TDP | 19 watts | 39 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Sep 2014 | 4 Jul 2011 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 7203.19 GP/s
- Radeon HD 64904.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 72012.75 GT/s
- Radeon HD 64908.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 72012.80 GB/s
- Radeon HD 649016.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 720306.05 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 6490352.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better