Radeon HD 8490 OEM vs Quadro K4100M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking547not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.51no data
Power efficiency4.90no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGK104Caicos
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)23 July 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1152160
Core clock speed706 MHz875 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate67.787.000
Floating-point processing power1.627 TFLOPS0.28 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs968

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1211.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 35 Watt

K4100M has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

HD 8490 OEM, on the other hand, has 185.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K4100M and Radeon HD 8490 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K4100M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon HD 8490 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K4100M
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