HD Graphics 2000 (Sandy Bridge GT1) vs Radeon HD 8490 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 2000 (Sandy Bridge GT1) |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8490 OEM |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 8490 OEM
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 2000 (Sandy Bridge GT1) | | Radeon HD 8490 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Sandy Bridge GT1 () | vs | Caicos (Caicos XTX) |
| Fab Process | 32 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 149 mm² | vs | 67 mm² |
| Transistors | 189 million | vs | 370 million |
| Shaders | 6 | vs | 160 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 875 MHz |
| ROPs | 1 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 1 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 2000 (Sandy Bridge GT1) | | Radeon HD 8490 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 2000 (Sandy Bridge GT1) | | Radeon HD 8490 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 35 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Jan 2011 | vs | 23 Jul 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better