NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 vs ATI Radeon X550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and ATI Radeon X550 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 Radeon X550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 400 MHz
146.3x more texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 128 MB
12x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 500 MHz
109.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 51
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 May 2012 vs 1 July 2005
Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5590 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	465 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

465

266

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690	ATI Radeon X550
PassMark - G3D Mark	5590	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	465	266
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 Radeon X550
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rage 9
Code name	GK104	RV370
Launch date	3 May 2012	1 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	735	639
Price now	$999
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	3072
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	107 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...	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	384 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA