Radeon HD 3690 vs Radeon HD 5690
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3690 |
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 5690 |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 5690
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 3690 | | Radeon HD 5690 | |
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GPU Name | RV670 (RV670 PRO) | vs | Redwood (Redwood XT) |
Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
Die Size | 192 mm² | vs | 104 mm² |
Transistors | 666 million | vs | 627 million |
Shaders | 320 | vs | 400 |
Compute Units | 4 | vs | 5 |
Core clock | 670 MHz | vs | 775 MHz |
ROPs | 16 | vs | 8 |
TMUs | 16 | vs | 20 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 3690 | | Radeon HD 5690 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 830 MHz
1660 MHz effective | vs | 1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 256 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 3690 | | Radeon HD 5690 | |
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TDP | 75 watts | vs | 64 watts |
Release Date | 30 Mar 2008 | vs | 1 Feb 2011 |
Radeon HD 3690
10.70 GP/s
Radeon HD 5690
6.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3690
10.70 GT/s
Radeon HD 5690
15.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3690
26.60 GB/s
Radeon HD 5690
32.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 3690
428.80 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 5690
620.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better