ATI Radeon HD 5690 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 490

What is the difference between ATI Radeon HD 5690 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 490. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

RedwoodGPU NameGF100
Redwood XT
(215-0757002)
Model numberGF100-375-A3
TeraScale 2ArchitectureFermi
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size40 nm
627 millionTransistors3,100 million
104 mm²Die Size529 mm²

Graphics Card

Feb 1st, 2011Release DateNever Released
Evergreen
(HD 5600)
FamilyGeForce 400
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Radeon R700PredecessorGeForce 200
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

1024 MBMemory Size1536 MB x2
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus384 bit x2

Clock Speeds

1000 MHz
2 Gbps effective
Memory Clock854 MHz
3.4 Gbps effective
775 MHzGPU Clock608 MHz

Render Config

20TMUs60 x2
8ROPs48 x2

Board Design

168 mm
6.6 inches
Length279 mm
11 inches
64 WThermal design power (TDP)365 W
250 WSuggested PSU750 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
1x VGA
Display Connectors3x DVI
1x mini-DisplayPort

API support

11.2 (11_0)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.4OpenGL4.6
1.2OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
5.0Shader Model5.1