AMD Radeon HD 8870M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8870M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
• Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 462
• Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.126 vs 29.836
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 106.848 vs 97.861
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3702 vs 1849
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1673
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3702 vs 1849
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

• Around 26% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 725 MHz
• Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1019 MHz vs 725 MHz
• 7.5x more texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 31 GTexel / s
• 4.8x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 640
• 6.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 992.0 gflops
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 2 GB
• Around 34% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4500 MHz
• 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5516 vs 1638
• Around 92% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16608 vs 8637
• Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 46.352 vs 24.097
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 930.114 vs 465.496
• Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.656 vs 2.211

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8870M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1638 5516
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	629 462
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	8637 16608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	24.097 46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	465.496 930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2.211 3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	38.126 29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	106.848 97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3702 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3702 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 1673

Compare specifications (specs)