AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M470X

AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 725 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Around 87% higher pipelines: 896 vs 480
2.8x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3244 vs 1003
46x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57109 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 25 December 2011
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 480
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244 vs 1003
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109 vs 1242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7690M

Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 576 vs 426

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	576 vs 426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7690M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3244

1003

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

576

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57109

1242

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244	1003
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	576
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715
Geekbench - OpenCL	57109	1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	AMD Radeon HD 7690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Strato	Thames
Launch date	15 May 2016	25 December 2011
Place in performance rating	459	389
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	896	480
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	17.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	716 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		20 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0