AMD Radeon Pro 560 vs AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 560 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 560

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 907 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 3.5x more texture fill rate: 58.05 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
  • 3.5x better floating-point performance: 1,858 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3475 vs 984
  • 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15826 vs 5079
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4695 vs 1579
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2280 vs 1813
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3178
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4695 vs 1579
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2280 vs 1813
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3178
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 1 March 2013
Core clock speed 907 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 58.05 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,858 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3475 vs 984
Geekbench - OpenCL 15826 vs 5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4695 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2280 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4695 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2280 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3178

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 724
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 768 vs 724

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 560
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8690M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3475
984
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
724
768
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
15826
5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4695
1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2280
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4695
1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2280
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3178
Name AMD Radeon Pro 560 AMD Radeon HD 8690M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3475 984
PassMark - G2D Mark 724 768
Geekbench - OpenCL 15826 5079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 41.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 614.695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 189.085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4695 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2280 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4695 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2280 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3178

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 560 AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 21 Sun
Launch date 18 April 2017 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 624 612
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 907 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,858 gflops 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 384
Texture fill rate 58.05 GTexel / s 16.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,040 million
Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Compute units 6

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size large medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 81.28 GB / s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0