AMD Radeon HD 8690M vs ATI Radeon HD 5830

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8690M and ATI Radeon HD 5830 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 8690M

ATI Radeon HD 5830

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 399

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2013 vs 25 February 2010
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 399

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 800 MHz vs 775 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
2.9x more pipelines: 1120 vs 384
3.4x better floating-point performance: 1,792.0 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 984

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 775 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734 vs 984

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8690M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5830

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

984

1734

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

768

399

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8690M	ATI Radeon HD 5830
PassMark - G3D Mark	984	1734
PassMark - G2D Mark	768	399
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8690M	ATI Radeon HD 5830
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Sun	Cypress
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	1 March 2013	25 February 2010
Place in performance rating	613	537
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz	800 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	775 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops	1,792.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	1120
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s	44.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	2,154 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		175 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		282 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity