GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon HD 8490 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8490 OEM |
| 81 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 550 Ti . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | | Radeon HD 8490 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF116 (GF116-400-A1) | vs | Caicos (Caicos XTX) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 238 mm² | vs | 67 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,170 million | vs | 370 million |
| Shaders | 192 | vs | 160 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 875 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | | Radeon HD 8490 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1026 MHz
4104 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | | Radeon HD 8490 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 116 watts | vs | 35 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2011 | vs | 23 Jul 2013 |
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
7.20 GP/s
Radeon HD 8490 OEM
3.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
28.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 8490 OEM
7.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
98.50 GB/s
Radeon HD 8490 OEM
14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
691.20 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 8490 OEM
280.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better