AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 4.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2380 vs 1849
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2380 vs 1849
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1673
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1673
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 3 May 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2380 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2380 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 730 MHz
  • Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1019 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • 12.5x more texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 18.72 GTexel / s
  • 8x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 384
  • 10.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 2 GB
  • Around 31% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4600 MHz
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 338
  • 6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 935
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16275 vs 5635
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6875 vs 1935
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6875 vs 1935
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 915 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed 1019 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate 234 billion / sec vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 384
Floating-point performance 2x 3,130 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 4600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 465 vs 338
PassMark - G3D Mark 5590 vs 935
Geekbench - OpenCL 16275 vs 5635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6875 vs 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6875 vs 1935

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
338
465
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
935
5590
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5635
16275
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1935
6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1935
6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2380
1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2380
1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
1673
Name AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
PassMark - G2D Mark 338 465
PassMark - G3D Mark 935 5590
Geekbench - OpenCL 5635 16275
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1935 6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1935 6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2380 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2380 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 1673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.861
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 340 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Oland GK104
Launch date 5 May 2015 3 May 2012
Place in performance rating 894 732
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $999
Value for money (0-100) 7.01

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz 1019 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 915 MHz
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops 2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 2x 1536
Texture fill rate 18.72 GTexel / s 234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 3072

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None Two 8-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options Quad

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 73.6 GB / s 384 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA