Radeon HD 8690M Overview

Radeon HD 8690M
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5MOBILE
Release date: 1 Mar 2013

Core Configuration

GPU	Sun
Architecture	AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs	320 : 20 : 8
Raytracing Cores	none
Performance	528.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size	1024 Mb
Memory Bus Width	64 bit
Memory Speed	1000 MHz 4000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth	32.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

GeForce GT 730M
100%
Radeon HD 7750M
99%
GeForce GT 645M
97%
Radeon R5 M420
92%
Radeon R5 M430
92%
Radeon R5 M435
92%
Radeon R7 M440
92%
Radeon R7 M445
92%
Radeon R5 M320
92%
Radeon R5 M230
92%
Radeon HD 8550M
91%
Radeon HD 8530M
90%
Radeon HD 8730M
90%
Radeon HD 8570M
89%
Radeon HD 8590M
89%
Radeon HD 8690M
89%
GeForce GT 640M
86%
GeForce GT 735M
79%
Radeon HD 8670A
77%
GeForce GT 745M Rev. 2
75%
GeForce GT 640M LE
68%
GeForce 710M
49%
Radeon HD 6990M
16%
Radeon HD 6970M
13%
Radeon HD 6950M
11%
Radeon HD 6850M
11%
Radeon HD 6870M
11%
GeForce GTX 675M
10%
GeForce GTX 580M
10%
Radeon HD 6830M
9%

Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 8690M is a graphics card released by AMD on 1 Mar 2013. The graphics card houses the Sun die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 1,040 million transistors on a 28 nm, 77 mm2 die.

Radeon HD 8690M pros and cons

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute

Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)

Supports Mantle

Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards


	Radeon HD 8690M	GeForce GT 730M	Radeon HD 6970M	Radeon HD 6950M	Radeon HD 6850M
		compare	compare	compare	compare
Shader units	320	384	960	960	800
ROPs	8	16	32	32	16
Graphics processor	Sun	GK107	Blackcomb	Blackcomb	Granville
Process size	28 nm	28 nm	40 nm	40 nm	40 nm
Memory	1024 Mb GDDR5 (1000 MHz 4000 MHz effective)	2048 Mb DDR3 (900 MHz 1800 MHz effective)	1024 Mb GDDR5 (900 MHz 3600 MHz effective)	1024 Mb GDDR5 (900 MHz 3600 MHz effective)	1024 Mb GDDR3 (800 MHz 1600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit	256 bit	256 bit	128 bit
Memory bandwidth	32.00 Gb/s	28.80 Gb/s	115.20 Gb/s	115.20 Gb/s	25.60 Gb/s
Release date	1 Mar 2013	20 Jan 2013	4 Jan 2011	4 Jan 2011	4 Jan 2011

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