NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 99% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 460 MHz
2.2x more boost clock speed: 1019 MHz vs 460 MHz
127.2x more texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 1.84 GTexel / s
256x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 256 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 800 MHz
68.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 82
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 May 2012 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 460 MHz
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec vs 1.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5590 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	465 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

465

235

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	5590	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	465	235
Geekbench - OpenCL	16270
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1673
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	R500
Code name	GK104	M66
Launch date	3 May 2012	1 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	735	738
Price now	$999
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	7.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz	460 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	460 MHz
CUDA cores	3072
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536	12
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec	1.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	157 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...	No outputs
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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	384 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	64 / 128
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA
Powerplay 6.0