AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 R5 235X OEM

AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 202 vs 174
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 277 vs 263

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 23 July 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	202 vs 174
PassMark - G3D Mark	277 vs 263

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

202

174

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

277

263

Name	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	202	174
PassMark - G3D Mark	277	263
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2093

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Caicos	Caicos
Launch date	21 December 2013	23 July 2013
Place in performance rating	865	1541
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	875 MHz	875 MHz
Floating-point performance	280.0 gflops	280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	160
Texture fill rate	7 GTexel / s	7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3