AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM videocard review

Radeon HD 8490 OEM videocard released by AMD; release date: 23 July 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Caicos.

Core clock speed - 875 MHz. Texture fill rate - 7 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 160. Floating-point performance - 280.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 370 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 35 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 14.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

263

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

174

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345616

871

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

2.021 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

104.327 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

0.239 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

5.628 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4429.590 mHash/s

23.365 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

672 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

1078 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

2093 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

672.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

1078.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

2093.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	263
PassMark - G2D Mark	174
Geekbench - OpenCL	871
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	2.021 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	104.327 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	0.239 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	5.628 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	23.365 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	672 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1078 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2093 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	672.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	1078.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2093.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Code name	Caicos
Launch date	23 July 2013
Place in performance rating	1536
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	875 MHz
Floating-point performance	280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	160
Texture fill rate	7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	370 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3