AMD Radeon HD 8690M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M280X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 8690M and AMD Radeon R9 M280X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

654
Place in performance rating
676
GCN
Architecture
GCN
Sun
Code name
Saturn
Laptop
Type
Laptop
16 November 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
1 February 2015 (6 years ago)
$596
Price now
no data
0.12
Value for money
no data
Sun
GPU code name
Saturn XT
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 8690M and AMD Radeon R9 M280X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

320
Pipelines
896
775 MHz
Core clock speed
900 MHz
825 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
690 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16.50
Texture fill rate
61.60
528.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,792 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
825 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
690 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 8690M and AMD Radeon R9 M280X.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
medium sized
Laptop size
large
no data
Bus support
Not Listed

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 8690M and AMD Radeon R9 M280X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
Not Listed
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
no data
64 Bit
Memory bus width
no data
4500 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
32 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 8690M and AMD Radeon R9 M280X, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 8690M and AMD Radeon R9 M280X is the additional functionality.

no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
+
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
+
no data
Enduro
-
no data
DualGraphics
1
no data
Switchable graphics
1

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 8690M and AMD Radeon R9 M280X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
no data
Shader Model
6.3
no data
OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 8690M and AMD Radeon R9 M280X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 8690M or AMD Radeon R9 M280X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8690M
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8690M
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8690M
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8690M
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8690M
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8690M

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M280X

0.75% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (896 vs 320)

More memory bandwidth (96 GB/s vs 32 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon HD 8690M or AMD Radeon R9 M280X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M280X .

AMD Radeon HD 8690M versus AMD Radeon R9 M280X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 8690M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 M280X