HD Graphics (Arrandale GMA HD) vs Radeon HD 5490
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics (Arrandale GMA HD) |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 5490 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 5490
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics (Arrandale GMA HD) | | Radeon HD 5490 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Arrandale () | vs | Cedar (Cedar XTX) |
| Fab Process | 45 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 59 mm² |
| Transistors | 177 million | vs | 292 million |
| Shaders | 12 | vs | 80 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 166 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics (Arrandale GMA HD) | | Radeon HD 5490 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 500 MHz
1000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics (Arrandale GMA HD) | | Radeon HD 5490 | |
|---|
| TDP | 35 watts | vs | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jan 2010 | vs | 28 Oct 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better