AMD Radeon R9 M270X vs AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M270X and AMD Radeon HD 8690M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M270X

AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M270X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.9x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
2.9x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1204 vs 984
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 1813
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 1813
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3178
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 March 2014 vs 1 March 2013
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1204 vs 984
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3178

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 725 MHz
3.6x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 306

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 725 MHz
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 306

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M270X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8690M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1204

984

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

306

768

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

1813

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

1813

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3178

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3178

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M270X	AMD Radeon HD 8690M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1204	984
PassMark - G2D Mark	306	768
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	3178
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	3178
Geekbench - OpenCL		5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1579

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M270X	AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Venus	Sun
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	21 March 2014	1 March 2013
Place in performance rating	610	612
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz	775 MHz
Compute units	10	6
Core clock speed	725 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	384
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	16.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11	11
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore