AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT and ATI Radeon X1900 GT 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.

AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 17.4 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
6.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1009 vs 146
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 552 vs 409

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2013 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1009 vs 146
PassMark - G2D Mark	552 vs 409

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1009

146

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

552

409

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1009	146
PassMark - G2D Mark	552	409
Geekbench - OpenCL	8800

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT	ATI Radeon X1900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 2	R500
Code name	Thames	R580
Launch date	7 January 2013	1 May 2006
Place in performance rating	391	388
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0