ATI Radeon E4690 vs GeForce 800A

Place in the ranking	1045	1094
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.66	2.40
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GF119	RV730
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	17 March 2014 (10 years ago)	1 June 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	320
Core clock speed	475 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	514 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.800	19.20
Floating-point processing power	0.0912 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	8
TMUs	8	32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Width	no data	MXM Module

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	22.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	10.1
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.0
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	2.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 800A 1.24
+18.1%

ATI E4690 1.05

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 800A 476
+17.5%

ATI E4690 405

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.24	1.05
Recency	17 March 2014	1 June 2009
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt

GeForce 800A has a 18.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 800A is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon E4690 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 800A is a notebook card while Radeon E4690 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.