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).

 

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 624 625
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