AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL vs AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL 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. 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

AMD Radeon HD 8690M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 931 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1011 MHz vs 775 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 80.88 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
4.9x better floating-point performance: 2,588 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3899 vs 984
3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19455 vs 5079
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6318 vs 1579
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2070 vs 1813
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6318 vs 1579
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2070 vs 1813

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 1 March 2013
Core clock speed	931 MHz vs 775 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	80.88 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3899 vs 984
Geekbench - OpenCL	19455 vs 5079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6318 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2070 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6318 vs 1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2070 vs 1813

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8690M

2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 474
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3178 vs 1514
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3178 vs 1514

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 474
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3178 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3178 vs 1514

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8690M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3899

984

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

474

768

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19455

5079

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6318

1579

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2070

1813

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1514

3178

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6318

1579

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2070

1813

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1514

3178

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL	AMD Radeon HD 8690M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3899	984
PassMark - G2D Mark	474	768
Geekbench - OpenCL	19455	5079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	58.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.195
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	252.311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6318	1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2070	1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1514	3178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6318	1579
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2070	1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1514	3178
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2091

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL	AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 22	Sun
Launch date	1 February 2018	1 March 2013
Place in performance rating	629	626
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	775 MHz
Core clock speed	931 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops	528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	384
Texture fill rate	80.88 GTexel / s	16.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Compute units		6
Transistor count		1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB / s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	1024 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0