NVIDIA GeForce 830A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 830A 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce 830A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830A

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 915 MHz
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1019 MHz
9.1x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 465
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2889 vs 1849
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2889 vs 1849
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3302 vs 1673
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3302 vs 1673

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 3 May 2012
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 915 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	487 vs 465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2889 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2889 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3302 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3302 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

12.7x more texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 18.4 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 256
10.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 1138
3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16270 vs 4315
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6875 vs 1767
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6875 vs 1767

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 256
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5590 vs 1138
Geekbench - OpenCL	16270 vs 4315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6875 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6875 vs 1767

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 830A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1138

5590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

487

465

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4315

16270

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1767

6875

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1767

6875

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2889

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2889

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3302

1673

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3302

1673

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 830A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
PassMark - G3D Mark	1138	5590
PassMark - G2D Mark	487	465
Geekbench - OpenCL	4315	16270
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1767	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1767	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2889	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2889	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3302	1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3302	1673
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 830A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler
Code name	GM108	GK104
Launch date	22 July 2014	3 May 2012
Place in performance rating	733	735
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999
Value for money (0-100)		7.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	1019 MHz
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	915 MHz
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops	2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	256	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s	234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	300 Watt
CUDA cores		3072
Transistor count		3,540 million
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...
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		Two 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	384 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA