AMD Radeon HD 7690M vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7690M and ATI FireGL V8650 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7690M

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 688 MHz
Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 17.4 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320
Around 58% better floating-point performance: 696.0 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 909 vs 550

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 December 2011 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 320
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1736 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	909 vs 550

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7690M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

909

550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

637

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7690M	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G3D Mark	909	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	454	637
Geekbench - OpenCL	1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7690M	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Thames	R600
Launch date	25 December 2011	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	528	434
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	480	320
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5 / DDR3	GDDR4
Shared memory	0