AMD Radeon HD 8690M vs ATI Radeon X800 XL
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8690M and ATI Radeon X800 XL 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 94% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 400 MHz
- 2.6x more texture fill rate: 16.5 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- 4.1x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 980 MHz
- 14.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 984 vs 69
- 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 271
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 March 2013 vs 1 December 2004 |
Core clock speed | 775 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 16.5 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 110 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz vs 980 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 984 vs 69 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 768 vs 271 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8690M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 8690M | ATI Radeon X800 XL |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 984 | 69 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 768 | 271 |
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 8690M | ATI Radeon X800 XL | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | R400 |
Code name | Sun | R430 |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series | |
Launch date | 1 March 2013 | 1 December 2004 |
Place in performance rating | 623 | 620 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 775 MHz | |
Compute units | 6 | |
Core clock speed | 775 MHz | 400 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 528.0 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | |
Texture fill rate | 16.5 GTexel / s | 6.4 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 1,040 million | 160 million |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 49 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 32 GB / s | 31.36 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | 980 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 |