AMD Radeon HD 8690M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8690M and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 775 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 16.5 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 984 vs 270
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 264

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2013 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 500 MHz
Boost clock speed	775 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	984 vs 270
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 264

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8690M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

984

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

768

264

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8690M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	984	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	768	264
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	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Sun	G71
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 March 2013	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	622	624
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz	500 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	775 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384	24
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	278 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0