AMD Radeon HD 7690M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7690M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v 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

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 61% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 17.4 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320
2.4x better floating-point performance: 696.0 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1003 vs 266
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 576 vs 398

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 December 2011 vs 5 May 2010
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 320
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1003 vs 266
PassMark - G2D Mark	576 vs 398

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

2x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 20 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 20 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7690M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1003

266

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

576

398

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7690M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
PassMark - G3D Mark	1003	266
PassMark - G2D Mark	576	398
Geekbench - OpenCL	1242

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7690M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Thames	M96
Launch date	25 December 2011	5 May 2010
Place in performance rating	389	393
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	480	320
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5 / DDR3	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory	0	0