AMD Radeon R9 290 vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon HD 7690M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 290

AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 947 MHz vs 725 MHz
8.7x more texture fill rate: 151.5 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 480
7x better floating-point performance: 4,849 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8314 vs 1003
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 775 vs 576
82.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 102277 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 November 2013 vs 25 December 2011
Core clock speed	947 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 480
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8314 vs 1003
PassMark - G2D Mark	775 vs 576
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277 vs 1242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M

13.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 275 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 290
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7690M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8314

1003

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

775

576

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

102277

1242

Name	AMD Radeon R9 290	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
PassMark - G3D Mark	8314	1003
PassMark - G2D Mark	775	576
Geekbench - OpenCL	102277	1242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	540.645
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3684

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 290	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Hawaii	Thames
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	5 November 2013	25 December 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	348	389
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	947 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,849 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2560	480
Texture fill rate	151.5 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	716 million
Boost clock speed		725 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)