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).

AMD Radeon HD 8690M

ATI Radeon X800 XL

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

984

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

768

271

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8690M	ATI Radeon X800 XL
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
Essentials
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	625	622
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
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