NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M255
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M255

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R5 M255. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

235
Place in performance rating
854
25.47
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK104
Code name
Topaz
Desktop
Type
Laptop
3 May 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
1 May 2014 (7 years ago)
$999
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$534 (0.5x MSRP)
Price now
no data
5.32
Value for money
no data
GK104
GPU code name
Topaz Pro / Sun
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R5 M255 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
384
915 MHz
Core clock speed
940 MHz
1019 MHz
Boost Clock
940 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
1,550 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
300 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
234 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
22.56
2x 3,130 gflops
Floating-point performance
721.9 gflops
3072
CUDA cores
no data
no data
Compute units
5
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
1019 MHz
Boost clock speed
940 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
1,550 million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R5 M255.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
11.0" (27.9 cm)
Length
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Two 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x8
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R5 M255 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory bus width
64 Bit
6008 MHz
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
384 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R5 M255, the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
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4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
Eyefinity
+
Yes (via dongle)
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R5 M255 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
+
no data
HD3D
+
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
+
no data
Enduro
-
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
3D Vision Live
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
TXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
no data
DualGraphics
1
no data
Switchable graphics
1
no data
PowerPlay
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R5 M255. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.2
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
1.2
OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 and AMD Radeon R5 M255 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 or AMD Radeon R5 M255 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
AMD Radeon R5 M255
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
AMD Radeon R5 M255 8.5
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

24.5% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (384 GB/s vs 16 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 M255

There is no accountable advantage

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 or AMD Radeon R5 M255?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 versus AMD Radeon R5 M255 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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