AMD Radeon R9 370X vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 370X

AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 725 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 480
3.8x better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
20.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 25659 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 August 2015 vs 25 December 2011
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 480
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	25659 vs 1242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M

9x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

25659

1242

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370X	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
Geekbench - OpenCL	25659	1242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	337.583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348
PassMark - G3D Mark		909
PassMark - G2D Mark		454

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370X	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Trinidad	Thames
Launch date	27 August 2015	25 December 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	526	528
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	480
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	20 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	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory		0