Radeon HD 8690M vs HD 6730M

Place in the ranking	1016	827
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	Whistler	Sun
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)	1 March 2013 (11 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	480	320
Core clock speed	725 MHz	775 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	825 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	690 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	17.40	16.50
Floating-point processing power	0.696 TFLOPS	0.528 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	24	20

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8

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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	32 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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.

HD 6730M 1.38

HD 8690M 2.55
+84.8%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 6730M 1141

HD 8690M 1600
+40.2%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	17 −76.5%	30−35 +76.5%
Full HD	25 +31.6%	19 −31.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Hitman 3	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −42.9%	20−22 +42.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −12.1%	35−40 +12.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Hitman 3	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −42.9%	20−22 +42.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −12.1%	35−40 +12.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Hitman 3	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −42.9%	20−22 +42.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −12.1%	35−40 +12.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−200%

6−7
+200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −150%	14−16 +150%