HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2) vs Radeon HD 8490 OEM

HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 14 May 2012
HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)
Radeon HD 8490 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 23 Jul 2013
Radeon HD 8490 OEM

Summary

Reasons to consider HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)

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Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon HD 8490 OEM

HWBench recommends Radeon HD 8490 OEM

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)Radeon HD 8490 OEM
GPU NameIvy Bridge GT2 ()vsCaicos (Caicos XTX)
Fab Process22 nmvs40 nm
Die Size160 mm²vs67 mm²
Transistors392 millionvs370 million
Shaders16vs160
Compute Units0vs2
Core clock650 MHzvs875 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs4vs8

Memory Configuration

HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)Radeon HD 8490 OEM
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsDDR3
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs64 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)Radeon HD 8490 OEM
TDP0 wattsvs35 watts
Release Date14 May 2012vs23 Jul 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)
    2.60 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 8490 OEM
    3.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)
    2.60 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 8490 OEM
    7.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 8490 OEM
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • HD Graphics 4000 (Ivy Bridge GT2)
    20.80 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 8490 OEM
    280.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better