AMD Radeon R9 280X vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 280X and AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R9 280X

AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280X

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
7.4x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
4.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 480
5.9x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6171 vs 1009
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 679 vs 552

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 7 January 2013
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 480
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6171 vs 1009
PassMark - G2D Mark	679 vs 552

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

10x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 280X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6171

1009

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

679

552

Name	AMD Radeon R9 280X	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	6171	1009
PassMark - G2D Mark	679	552
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1434.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	87.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	493.57
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9603
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3700
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2351
Geekbench - OpenCL		8800

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 280X	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Terascale 2
Code name	Tahiti	Thames
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	7 January 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	394	391
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	480
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	716 million
Core clock speed		725 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)