AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 57% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 57% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 2364.2x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1896 vs 984
  • Around 85% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9416 vs 5079
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2296 vs 1813
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2296 vs 1813
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 1 March 2013
Core clock speed 1219 MHz vs 775 MHz
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1896 vs 984
Geekbench - OpenCL 9416 vs 5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2296 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2296 vs 1813

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

  • 440x better floating-point performance: 528.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 361
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 528.0 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 768 vs 361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8690M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
361
768
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1896
984
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9416
5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2296
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2296
1813
Name AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM AMD Radeon HD 8690M
PassMark - G2D Mark 361 768
PassMark - G3D Mark 1896 984
Geekbench - OpenCL 9416 5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2296 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2296 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1579

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Cape Verde Sun
Design Radeon RX 500 Series AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
GCN generation 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 626 623
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 775 MHz
Compute units 8 6
Core clock speed 1219 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 1.2 TFLOPs 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 384
Pixel fill rate 19.50 GP/s
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 512
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel/s 16.5 GTexel / s
Texture Units 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
Enduro
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)