Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 8490 OEM vs Radeon R5 235X OEM
AMD
Radeon HD 8490 OEM
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 23 Jul 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon R5 235X OEM
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 21 Dec 2013
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 8490 OEM
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R5 235X OEM
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 8490 OEM | Radeon R5 235X OEM |
|---|
| GPU Name | Caicos (Caicos XTX) | Caicos (Caicos XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 67 mm² | 67 mm² |
| Transistors | 370 million | 370 million |
| Shaders | 160 | 160 |
| Compute Units | 2 | 2 |
| Core clock | 875 MHz | 875 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 8490 OEM | Radeon R5 235X OEM |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 8490 OEM | Radeon R5 235X OEM |
|---|
| TDP | 35 watts | 18 watts |
| Release Date | 23 Jul 2013 | 21 Dec 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 8490 OEM3.50 GP/s
- Radeon R5 235X OEM3.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 8490 OEM7.00 GT/s
- Radeon R5 235X OEM7.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 8490 OEM14.40 GB/s
- Radeon R5 235X OEM14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 8490 OEM280.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R5 235X OEM280.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better