AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8690M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

268
Place in performance rating
654
Vega
Architecture
GCN
Vega 12
Code name
Sun
Mobile workstation
Type
Laptop
15 November 2018 (3 years ago)
Release date
16 November 2012 (9 years ago)
$511
Price now
$596
16.37
Value for money
0.12
Vega Mobile
GPU code name
Sun
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
320
no data
Core clock speed
775 MHz
1190 MHz
Boost Clock
825 MHz
no data
Transistor count
690 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
76.16
Texture fill rate
16.50
no data
Floating-point performance
528.0 gflops
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1190 MHz
Boost clock speed
825 MHz
no data
Number of transistors
690 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
large
Laptop size
medium sized

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 Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M can be seen in this section.

HBM2
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1024 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
2400 MHz
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
307.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon HD 8690M 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 Pro Vega 16 or AMD Radeon HD 8690M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
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 Pro Vega 16

17.12% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($511 vs $596)

More pipelines (1024 vs 320)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (307.2 GB/s vs 32 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8690M

There is no accountable advantage

So, AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 or AMD Radeon HD 8690M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 .

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 versus AMD Radeon HD 8690M performance benchmarks comparison

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