AMD Radeon R4 Graphics vs AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R4 Graphics and AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM 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 R4 Graphics

• Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
• Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 342 vs 263
• 9.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8386 vs 872
• 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.721 vs 2.021
• Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 107.613 vs 104.327
• Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.445 vs 0.239
• Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.612 vs 5.628
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 701 vs 672
• Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1338 vs 1078
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 701 vs 672
• Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1338 vs 1078

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

• Around 9% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 800 MHz
• Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 7 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
• Around 25% higher pipelines: 160 vs 128
• Around 37% better floating-point performance: 280.0 gflops vs 204.8 gflops
• Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 174 vs 99
• Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 23.365 vs 13.097
• Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2093 vs 1811
• Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2093 vs 1811

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	342 263
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	99 174
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	8386 872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.721 2.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	107.613 104.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.445 0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.612 5.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13.097 23.365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	701 672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1338 1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1811 2093
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	701 672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1338 1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1811 2093

Compare specifications (specs)