NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 vs AMD Radeon HD 7340

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon HD 7340 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

  • Around 75% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 523 MHz
  • Around 50% higher boost clock speed: 1019 MHz vs 680 MHz
  • 38.4x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 80
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 35.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5491 vs 153
  • 9.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 50
  • 46.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 16577 vs 359
  • 22x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6875 vs 312
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1849 vs 862
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1673 vs 1467
  • 22x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6875 vs 312
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1849 vs 862
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1673 vs 1467
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 915 MHz vs 523 MHz
Boost clock speed 1019 MHz vs 680 MHz
Pipelines 2x 1536 vs 80
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5491 vs 153
PassMark - G2D Mark 465 vs 50
Geekbench - OpenCL 16577 vs 359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6875 vs 312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1849 vs 862
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1673 vs 1467
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6875 vs 312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1849 vs 862
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1673 vs 1467

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7340

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5491
153
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
465
50
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
16577
359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6875
312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1849
862
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1673
1467
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6875
312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1849
862
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1673
1467
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 AMD Radeon HD 7340
PassMark - G3D Mark 5491 153
PassMark - G2D Mark 465 50
Geekbench - OpenCL 16577 359
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 312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1849 862
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1673 1467
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6875 312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1849 862
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1673 1467
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 AMD Radeon HD 7340

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK104 Zacate
Launch date 3 May 2012 1 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $552.69
Place in performance rating 750 1621
Price now $999 $552.69
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 7.01 0.45

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1019 MHz 680 MHz
Core clock speed 915 MHz 523 MHz
CUDA cores 3072
Floating-point performance 2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2x 1536 80
Texture fill rate 234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options Quad
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 384 GB / s
Memory bus width 512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 1

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA