AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 4670

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 4670 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

ATI Radeon HD 4670

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 750 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 59 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 174 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 10 September 2008
Core clock speed	875 MHz vs 750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 59 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	174 vs 35

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

3.4x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 320 vs 160
Around 71% better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 382 vs 263
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 2093
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 2093

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 160
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	382 vs 263
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285 vs 2093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285 vs 2093

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4670

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

263

382

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

174

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2093

3285

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2093

3285

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4670
PassMark - G3D Mark	263	382
PassMark - G2D Mark	174	35
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	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2093	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 4670
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Caicos	RV730
Launch date	23 July 2013	10 September 2008
Place in performance rating	1541	1459
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$67
Technical info
Core clock speed	875 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	280.0 gflops	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	160	320
Texture fill rate	7 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	59 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	193 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3