AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8240

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 8240 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
• 2.2x more core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 400 MHz
• Around 25% higher pipelines: 160 vs 128
• Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 263 vs 246
• 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 174 vs 63
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1078 vs 988
• Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2093 vs 1627
• Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1078 vs 988
• Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2093 vs 1627

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8240

• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 978 vs 871

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8240

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	263 246
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	174 63
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	871 978
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1078 988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2093 1627
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1078 988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2093 1627

Compare specifications (specs)