AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs ATI Radeon E4690

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and ATI Radeon E4690 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

ATI Radeon E4690

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
5.4x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 1792 vs 320
8.6x better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
6.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2785 vs 405
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 364 vs 347
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3302
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3302

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 1 June 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2785 vs 405
PassMark - G2D Mark	364 vs 347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 3302

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon E4690

6.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon E4690

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2785

405

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

364

347

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3302

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3302

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	ATI Radeon E4690
PassMark - G3D Mark	2785	405
PassMark - G2D Mark	364	347
Geekbench - OpenCL	13773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	181.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	3302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	3302

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	ATI Radeon E4690
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	RV730
Launch date	8 January 2013	1 June 2009
Place in performance rating	720	723
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1792	320
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3