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
GPU 1
GPU 2
984
69
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 622 619
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