HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) vs Radeon HD 8490 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 8490 OEM |
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Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 530 (Skylake GT2) | | Radeon HD 8490 OEM | |
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GPU Name | Skylake GT2 () | vs | Caicos (Caicos XTX) |
Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 40 nm |
Die Size | 49 mm² | vs | 67 mm² |
Transistors | 189 million | vs | 370 million |
Shaders | 192 | vs | 160 |
Compute Units | 0 | vs | 2 |
Core clock | 300 MHz | vs | 875 MHz |
ROPs | 3 | vs | 4 |
TMUs | 24 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | | Radeon HD 8490 OEM | |
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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 530 (Skylake GT2) | | Radeon HD 8490 OEM | |
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TDP | 15 watts | vs | 35 watts |
Release Date | 1 Sep 2015 | vs | 23 Jul 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better