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AMD logo Radeon HD 8490

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General information Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 8490
Launched Q4 2013 Q1 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 1024 MB 75 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 875 MHz 12.5 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 W 0 % 35 W 80.6 %
Performance Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 8490
Overall Score 35545 0 % 8243 76.8 %
Future Proof 30 % 3.2 % 31 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 12634 0 % 680 94.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 614.7 0 % 175.6 71.4 %
Average DirectX performance 39.4 FPS 0 % 3.5 FPS 91.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 83.8 FPS 0 % 10.9 FPS 87 %
DirectX 10 performance 19.8 FPS 0 % 1 FPS 94.9 %
DirectX 11 performance 30 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 93.4 %
DirectX 12 performance 24 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 2192.2 operations/s 0 % 178.5 operations/s 91.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 270X, Radeon HD 8490.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 8490
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 75.0 FPS 10.3 FPS
High settings 134.9 FPS 18.6 FPS
Medium settings 161.9 FPS 22.4 FPS
Low settings 226.7 FPS 31.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 86.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 270X, Radeon HD 8490.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 8490
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.8 FPS 11.7 FPS
High settings 105.9 FPS 21.0 FPS
Medium settings 127.0 FPS 25.2 FPS
Low settings 177.8 FPS 35.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 80.2 %
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