AMD Radeon HD 7730 vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7730 and AMD Radeon HD 7690M 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 7730

AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7730

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1205 vs 1003

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2013 vs 25 December 2011
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1205 vs 1003

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 696.0 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 47 Watt
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 576 vs 401

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	480 vs 384
Floating-point performance	696.0 gflops vs 614.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	576 vs 401

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7730
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7690M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1205

1003

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

576

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7730	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1205	1003
PassMark - G2D Mark	401	576
Geekbench - OpenCL		1242

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7730	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Cape Verde	Thames
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	1 May 2013	25 December 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$59
Place in performance rating	352	389
Price now	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	37.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	614.4 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	480
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	716 million
Boost clock speed		725 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory		0