AMD Radeon R9 M385 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M385 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M385

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3002 vs 1849
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3002 vs 1849
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 1673
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 1673

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 3 May 2012
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3002 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3002 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 900 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 56 GTexel / s
3.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 1,792 gflops
4x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 471 vs 244
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5467 vs 2061

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec vs 56 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops vs 1,792 gflops
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	471 vs 244
PassMark - G3D Mark	5467 vs 2061

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M385
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3002

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3002

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

1673

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

1673

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

244

471

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2061

5467

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M385	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3002	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3002	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322	1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322	1673
PassMark - G2D Mark	244	471
PassMark - G3D Mark	2061	5467
Geekbench - OpenCL		16577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6875
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M385	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Strato	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	3 May 2012
Place in performance rating	714	717
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999
Value for money (0-100)		7.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1019 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	915 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792 gflops	2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s	234 billion / sec
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		3072
Pipelines		2x 1536
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		300 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
Eyefinity
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		Two 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	384 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA