AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 7470 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 7 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% better floating-point performance: 280.0 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 174 vs 152
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 872 vs 790
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 672 vs 540
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1078 vs 1044
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2093 vs 1702
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 672 vs 540
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1078 vs 1044
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2093 vs 1702
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 July 2013 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed 875 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 7 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 280.0 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 174 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 872 vs 790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 672 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1078 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2093 vs 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 672 vs 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1078 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2093 vs 1702

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 289 vs 263
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 27 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 289 vs 263

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
263
289
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
174
152
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
872
790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
672
540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1078
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2093
1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
672
540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1078
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2093
1702
Name AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 263 289
PassMark - G2D Mark 174 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 872 790
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) 672 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1078 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2093 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 672 540
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1078 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2093 1702
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 437

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM AMD Radeon HD 7470 OEM

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale 2
Code name Caicos Caicos
Launch date 23 July 2013 5 January 2012
Place in performance rating 1535 1490
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 875 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 280.0 gflops 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 160
Texture fill rate 7 GTexel / s 6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 27 Watt
Transistor count 370 million 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort 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 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5