Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000) vs Radeon HD 5490

Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 27 Feb 2015
Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)
Radeon HD 5490
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 28 Oct 2012
Radeon HD 5490

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 5490

Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)

HWBench recommends Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)Radeon HD 5490
GPU NameMullins ()vsCedar (Cedar XTX)
Fab Process28 nmvs40 nm
Die Size0 mm²vs59 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs292 million
Shaders128vs80
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock700 MHzvs650 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs8vs8

Memory Configuration

Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)Radeon HD 5490
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsGDDR3
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs64 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs500 MHz
1000 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)Radeon HD 5490
TDP15 wattsvs19 watts
Release Date27 Feb 2015vs28 Oct 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)
    2.80 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 5490
    2.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)
    5.60 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 5490
    5.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 5490
    8.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R2 Graphics IGP (APU E2-4000)
    179.20 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 5490
    104.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better