AMD Radeon HD 7690M vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7690M and ATI Radeon X850 XT 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 Radeon X850 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 520 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 17.4 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 69 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1080 MHz
11.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 909 vs 81
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 454 vs 326

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 December 2011 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 69 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	909 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	454 vs 326

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7690M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

909

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

326

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7690M	ATI Radeon X850 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	909	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	454	326
Geekbench - OpenCL	1242

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7690M	ATI Radeon X850 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R400
Code name	Thames	R480
Launch date	25 December 2011	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	501	498
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	520 MHz
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	17.4 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 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
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5 / DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0