AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

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Combined performance score

GTX 690
14.42
+2%

GeForce GTX 690 outperforms Radeon E8950 by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking329340
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.93no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGK104Amethyst
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 May 2012 (11 years old)29 September 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data
Current price$411 (0.4x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15362048
CUDA cores3072no data
Core clock speed915 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed1019 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate234 billion/sec128.0
Floating-point performance2x 3,130 gflops4,096 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length11.0" (27.9 cm)no data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsTwo 8-pinNone
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR58 GB
Memory bus width512-bit (256-bit per GPU)256 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s192.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2No outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMIYes (via dongle)no data
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+no data
3D Gaming+no data
3D Vision Live+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+no data

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 14.42 14.14
Recency 3 May 2012 29 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 95 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 690 and Radeon E8950. The differences in performance seem too small.


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