AMD Radeon HD 8690M vs ATI FirePro V9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8690M and ATI FirePro V9800 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8690M

ATI FirePro V9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 655

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2013 vs 9 September 2010
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 655

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 775 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
4.2x more pipelines: 1600 vs 384
5.2x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 984

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 984

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8690M
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V9800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

984

2727

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

768

655

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8690M	ATI FirePro V9800
PassMark - G3D Mark	984	2727
PassMark - G2D Mark	768	655
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
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		118.756

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8690M	ATI FirePro V9800
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Sun	Cypress
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 March 2013	9 September 2010
Place in performance rating	612	627
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	775 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	1600
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s	68.0 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	2,154 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0