AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM vs Intel HD Graphics 4600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM and Intel HD Graphics 4600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
• 2.2x more core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 400 MHz
• Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 7 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
• 8x more pipelines: 160 vs 20
• 5.6x better floating-point performance: 280.0 gflops vs 50 gflops
• Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.365 vs 12.361

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm
• 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 630 vs 263
• Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 174
• 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3210 vs 872
• 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.844 vs 2.021
• Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 171.17 vs 104.327
• 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.115 vs 0.239
• Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.385 vs 5.628
• Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 988 vs 672
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1702 vs 1078
• Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2808 vs 2093
• Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 988 vs 672
• Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1702 vs 1078
• Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2808 vs 2093

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	263 630
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	174 314
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	872 3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.021 8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	104.327 171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.239 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5.628 10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	23.365 12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	672 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1078 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2093 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	672 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1078 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2093 2808

Compare specifications (specs)