Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce GTX 690

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	335	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	25
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.99	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2021)
GPU code name	GK104	Cezanne
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	3 May 2012 (12 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data
Current price	$411 (0.4x MSRP)	$583

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	448
CUDA cores	3072	no data
Core clock speed	915 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	234 billion/sec	53.20
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops	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	11.0" (27.9 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin	None
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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	System Shared
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)	System Shared
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	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 outputs
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 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 May 2012	13 April 2021
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	45 Watt

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