Radeon R4 Mobile Graphics vs GeForce GTX 690

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	413	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.31	no data
Power efficiency	3.39	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	GK104	Spectre SL
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	3 May 2012 (13 years ago)	17 September 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	3072 ×2	192
Core clock speed	915 MHz	533 MHz
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz	655 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	17 Watt
Texture fill rate	130.4 ×2	6.396
Floating-point processing power	3.13 TFLOPS ×2	0.2047 TFLOPS
ROPs	32 ×2	8
TMUs	128 ×2	12
L1 Cache	128 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	no data

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	279 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 ×2	System Shared
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU) ×2	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s ×2	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

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

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.0
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 May 2012	17 September 2014
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	17 Watt

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