AMD FirePro W8000 vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W8000 and AMD Radeon HD 7690M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro W8000

AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8000

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 725 MHz
5.8x more texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
3.7x more pipelines: 1792 vs 480
4.6x better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4096 vs 1003
66.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82941 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2012 vs 25 December 2011
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 480
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4096 vs 1003
Geekbench - OpenCL	82941 vs 1242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M

17.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 576 vs 464

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	576 vs 464

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W8000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7690M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4096

1003

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

464

576

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

82941

1242

Name	AMD FirePro W8000	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
PassMark - G3D Mark	4096	1003
PassMark - G2D Mark	464	576
Geekbench - OpenCL	82941	1242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	387.109
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W8000	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Tahiti	Thames
Launch date	14 June 2012	25 December 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599
Place in performance rating	409	389
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1792	480
Texture fill rate	100.8 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	716 million
Boost clock speed		725 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI	No outputs
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	176 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory		0