{"id":20530,"date":"2025-02-10T10:35:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=20530"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:22:27","slug":"best-integrated-graphics-for-your-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2025\/best-integrated-graphics-for-your-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Integrated Graphics for your PC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Best Integrated Graphics for your PC\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>AMD has released a new CPU that has PC leading integrated graphics named the Radeon 890M which is the most powerful AMD iGPU, as of mid 2024. It features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the RDNA 3.5 architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16 compute units<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16 ray tracing cores<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1024 shaders running at up to 2,900 MHz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI image generation and other modern features are supported.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Benchmarks are comparable to the legendary GTX 1650 which was the best value GPU on the market back in 2020. However modest it is a big step up for PC integrated graphics and are good for medium-duty graphics applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple are the leaders when it comes to integrated graphics with their M-series chips, only GPU\u2019s can outperform them. AMD and Intel historically have made integrated graphics but not for graphics intensive applications. Radeon 890M integrated graphics have these advantages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Excellent for a mini or small form factor PC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radeon 890M only uses TDP of 15 watts of power<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>can drive up to 4 monitors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>can play 2024 AAA games at 1080p on low settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/people\/andrew-miles\/\">Andrew Miles<\/a>, Sr System Administrator, School of Computer Science, Carleton University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMD has released a new CPU that has PC leading integrated graphics named the Radeon 890M which is the most powerful AMD iGPU, as of mid 2024. It features: Benchmarks are comparable to the legendary GTX 1650 which was the best value GPU on the market back in 2020. 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