AMD Radeon HD 8690M videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Radeon HD 8690M videocard released by AMD; release date: 1 March 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Sun.

Core clock speed - 775 MHz. Boost clock speed - 775 MHz. Texture fill rate - 16.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 528.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 32 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38754
984
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1310
768
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
351431
5079
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1813 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1813.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3178 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3178.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1579 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1579.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 984
PassMark - G2D Mark 768
Geekbench - OpenCL 5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1813 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1813.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3178 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3178.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1579 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1579.000 Fps

Games performance

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76852.30
Medium, 1366x76836.00
High, 1366x76828.60
Ultra, 1920x108019.30

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x76859.90
Medium, 1366x76833.60
High, 1366x76822.10
Ultra, 1920x108012.50

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76828.50
Medium, 1366x76815.40
High, 1366x76810.30
Ultra, 1920x10806.50

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x76870.30
Medium, 1366x76850.60
High, 1366x76840.10
Ultra, 1920x108029.10

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Sun
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 621
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 16.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0