AMD Radeon HD 8490 vs AMD Radeon HD 8950 Full Specs
160 Shaders 875MHz | 1,792 Shaders 925MHz |
1GB GDDR528.8GB/s | 3GB GDDR5240GB/s |
·· 280 GFLOPS | ·· 3.31 TFLOPS |
Form Factor PCIe Card | Form Factor PCIe Card |
TDP 35W | TDP 225W |
Power Connectors - | Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin 1x 6-Pin |
Clock Speed ·· | Clock Speed ··· |
Peak OPS 280 GFLOPSFP32 | Peak OPS 3.31 TFLOPSFP32 |
FP32 280 GFLOPS | FP32 3.31 TFLOPS |
- | FP64 828.8 GFLOPS |
Pixel Rate 3.5 GPixel/s | Pixel Rate 29.6 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate 7 GTexel/s | Texture Rate 103.6 GTexel/s |
Shaders 160 Shaders | Shaders 1,792 Shaders |
TMUs 8 TMUs | TMUs 112 TMUs |
ROPs 4 ROPs | ROPs 32 ROPs |
CUs 2 CUs | CUs 28 CUs |
Base Clock - | Base Clock 850MHz |
Boost Clock 875MHz | Boost Clock 925MHz |
L2 Cache 128KB shared | L2 Cache 768KB shared |
1GB GDDR5 | 3GB GDDR5 |
Memory Bus 64-bit | Memory Bus 384-bit |
Memory Speed 3.6GT/s | Memory Speed 5GT/s |
Memory Bandwidth 28.8GB/s | Memory Bandwidth 240GB/s |
TDP 35W | TDP 225W |
Multi-Monitor 2 | Multi-Monitor 3 |
- | 2x Mini DisplayPort 1.2 |
- | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
1x HDMI 1.3 | - |
1x DVI-I Dual-Link | 1x DVI-I Dual-Link |
1x VGA | - |
- | Encoder Model VCE 1.0 |
Decoder Model UVD 3.0 | Decoder Model UVD 3.2 |
Form Factor PCIe Card | Form Factor PCIe Card |
PCIe 1-Slots | PCIe 2-Slots |
- | Height 111 mm (4.37")Width 267 mm (10.51")Depth 38 mm (1.5") |
Cooling Open-Air 1x Fan | Cooling Blower 1x Fan |
Power Connectors - | Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin, 1x 6-Pin |
Manufacturer | Manufacturer |
Chip Designer | Chip Designer |
Architecture | Architecture |
Family | Family |
Branding ![]() | Branding ![]() |
Codename Caicos | Codename Tahiti |
Chip Variant Caicos | Chip Variant Tahiti LE |
Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop |
Release Date Jul 23, 2013 | Release Date Jan 8, 2013 |
Foundry TSMC | Foundry TSMC |
Fabrication Node 40nm | Fabrication Node 28nm |
Die Size 67mm² | Die Size 352mm² |
Transistor Count 370 Million | Transistor Count 4.3 Billion |
Transistor Density 5.52 MTr/mm² | Transistor Density 12.25 MTr/mm² |
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