AMD Radeon HD 8690M vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8690M and AMD Radeon HD 7970M 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
- Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 492
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 1 March 2013 vs 24 April 2012 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 768 vs 492 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M
- Around 10% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 775 MHz
- 4.1x more texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
- 3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
- 4.1x better floating-point performance: 2,176 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
- Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 4000 MHz
- 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3559 vs 984
- 3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17210 vs 5079
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3692 vs 1813
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3692 vs 1813
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 3178
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 3178
- 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5094 vs 1579
- 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5094 vs 1579
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 775 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 68 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 384 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,176 gflops vs 528.0 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 4000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3559 vs 984 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 17210 vs 5079 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3692 vs 1813 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3692 vs 1813 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3339 vs 3178 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3339 vs 3178 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5094 vs 1579 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5094 vs 1579 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8690M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970M
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 8690M | AMD Radeon HD 7970M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 984 | 3559 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 768 | 492 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 5079 | 17210 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1813 | 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1813 | 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3178 | 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3178 | 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1579 | 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1579 | 5094 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 51.181 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1121.002 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.355 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 81.527 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 256.99 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 8690M | AMD Radeon HD 7970M | |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Sun | Wimbledon |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series | |
| Launch date | 1 March 2013 | 24 April 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | 623 | 624 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 775 MHz | |
| Compute units | 6 | |
| Core clock speed | 775 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 528.0 gflops | 2,176 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 384 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 16.5 GTexel / s | 68 GTexel / s |
| Transistor count | 1,040 million | 2,800 million |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | medium sized | large |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 32 GB / s | 153.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
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