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).
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 8690M | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 623 | 625 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | large |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |