Radeon HD 8590M vs HD 8690M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking788not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.14no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameSunSun
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date16 November 2012 (11 years ago)16 November 2012 (11 years ago)
Current price$596 $338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores384384
Core clock speed775 MHz620 MHz
Boost clock speed825 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors690 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rate16.5016.50
Floating-point performance528.0 gflops528.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8690M and Radeon HD 8590M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s36 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


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