AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 300 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 46.352
Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 930.114
Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 3.656
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 29.836
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 97.861

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 3 May 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 97.861

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1019 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 83% higher texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 2048
Around 53% better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 4,096 gflops

Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops vs 4,096 gflops
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

46.352

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

930.114

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

3.656

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

29.836

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

97.861

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	97.861
PassMark - G3D Mark		5590
PassMark - G2D Mark		465
Geekbench - OpenCL		16270
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1673
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Amethyst	GK104
Launch date	29 September 2015	3 May 2012
Place in performance rating	734	737
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999
Value for money (0-100)		7.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1019 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	915 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		3072
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	Two 8-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options		Quad
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	384 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA