AMD Radeon R9 M295X vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M295X

AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
5.3x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
4.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 480
4.3x better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5150 vs 1009
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 552
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27109 vs 8800

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 November 2014 vs 7 January 2013
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 480
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150 vs 1009
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 552
Geekbench - OpenCL	27109 vs 8800

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

10x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 250 Watt

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 723 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

1009

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

832

552

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27109

8800

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	5150	1009
PassMark - G2D Mark	832	552
Geekbench - OpenCL	27109	8800
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	820.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	68.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	386.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3144
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3144

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Terascale 2
Code name	Amethyst	Thames
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	23 November 2014	7 January 2013
Place in performance rating	487	387
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	480
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	Not Listed	11
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory type	Not Listed	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Technologies
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore