AMD Radeon HD 8590M vs AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8590M and AMD Radeon HD 8690M 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8590M

AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8590M

Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 775 MHz vs 750 MHz

Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 750 MHz
Boost clock speed	775 MHz vs 750 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8590M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8590M	AMD Radeon HD 8690M
PassMark - G3D Mark		984
PassMark - G2D Mark		768
Geekbench - OpenCL		5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3178
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1579

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8590M	AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Sun	Sun
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 March 2013	1 March 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	624
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	775 MHz
Compute units	5	6
Core clock speed	750 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops	528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s	16.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	36 GB/s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0