Radeon R6 (Mullins) vs GeForce GTX 690

Place in performance ranking	335	1154
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.99	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 1.1 (2014)
GPU code name	GK104	Mullins
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	3 May 2012 (12 years ago)	29 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data
Current price	$411 (0.4x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

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 cores	1536	128
CUDA cores	3072	no data
Core clock speed	915 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	234 billion/sec	no data
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 690 and Radeon R6 (Mullins) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	11.0" (27.9 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

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

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	Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2	no data
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	Yes (via dongle)	no data
HDCP	+	no data
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	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.2	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	no data
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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
+2067%

3−4

−2067%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +2067%	3−4 −2067%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +2067%	3−4 −2067%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Hitman 3	45−50 +2150%	2−3 −2150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 +2150%	12−14 −2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160 +2043%	7−8 −2043%
Watch Dogs: Legion	200−210 +2122%	9−10 −2122%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +2067%	3−4 −2067%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +2067%	3−4 −2067%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Hitman 3	45−50 +2150%	2−3 −2150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 +2150%	12−14 −2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160 +2043%	7−8 −2043%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +2067%	3−4 −2067%
Watch Dogs: Legion	200−210 +2122%	9−10 −2122%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +2067%	3−4 −2067%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +2067%	3−4 −2067%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 +2150%	12−14 −2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160 +2043%	7−8 −2043%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +2067%	3−4 −2067%
Watch Dogs: Legion	200−210 +2122%	9−10 −2122%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	90−95 +2150%	4−5 −2150%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Hitman 3	130−140 +2067%	6−7 −2067%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65−70 +2067%	3−4 −2067%