AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM vs AMD Radeon Sky 900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM and AMD Radeon Sky 900 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

AMD Radeon Sky 900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 825 MHz
8.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2093 vs 1654
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2093 vs 1654

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 27 March 2013
Core clock speed	875 MHz vs 825 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2093 vs 1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2093 vs 1654

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 900

300.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 7 GTexel / s
22.4x more pipelines: 3584 vs 160
24.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 160
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 900

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2093

1654

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2093

1654

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM	AMD Radeon Sky 900
PassMark - G3D Mark	263
PassMark - G2D Mark	174
Geekbench - OpenCL	872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	104.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2093	1654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2093	1654

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM	AMD Radeon Sky 900
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Caicos	Tahiti
Launch date	23 July 2013	27 March 2013
Place in performance rating	1541	1543
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	875 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	280.0 gflops	2x 3,405 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	3584
Texture fill rate	7 GTexel / s	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	4,313 million
Boost clock speed		950 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	480 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5