AMD Radeon R9 370 vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 370

AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 725 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 480
3.6x better floating-point performance: 2,496 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 3600 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4722 vs 1009
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 552
8.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75346 vs 8800

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 7 January 2013
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 480
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 3600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722 vs 1009
PassMark - G2D Mark	781 vs 552
Geekbench - OpenCL	75346 vs 8800

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

4.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 110 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 110 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4722

1009

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

781

552

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

75346

8800

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722	1009
PassMark - G2D Mark	781	552
Geekbench - OpenCL	75346	8800
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Terascale 2
Code name	Trinidad	Thames
Launch date	5 May 2015	7 January 2013
Place in performance rating	412	413
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	480
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0