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AMD Radeon HD 6490M

The AMD Radeon HD 6490M is a graphics card released on January 1, 2011. It has 512 MB of video memory. It scores 378 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

3/10 key specs recorded · 13 facts

Depth: 21 recorded fields

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 3 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

512 MB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

n/a

Performance

The AMD Radeon HD 6490M scores 378 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 31.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,013), measured across 16 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 514.

PassMark G3D Mark

378

Rank #2,013
Faster than 31.7% of 2,658 GPUs
16 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 2.1 x16

Max memory 512 MB

Core clock 800 MHz

Memory clock 800 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.4

First benchmarked 2011-02-27

Samples 16

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 6490M states the PCIe 2.1 x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 800 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2011-02-27. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Memory

Size 512 MB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 6490M is equipped with 512 MB of memory.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon HD 6490M it connects over PCIe 2.1 x16.

Board power (TDP) Not recorded

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.1 x16

Market

Launched January 1, 2011

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon HD

The AMD Radeon HD 6490M was released on January 1, 2011.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 378

PassMark G2D 514

Rank #2,013

Samples 16

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon HD 6490M supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.

DirectX 11 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.4 (stated by PassMark)

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 6490M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 6490M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 6490M.