AMD Radeon HD 8690M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 8690M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

SunGPU NameG94
Sun XTModel numberNB9E-GS1
GCN 1.0ArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size65 nm
690 millionTransistors505 million
56 mm²Die Size240 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 1st, 2013Release DateNov 1st, 2008
Solar System
(HD 8600M)
FamilyGeForce 9M
(9800M)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
LondonPredecessorGeForce 8M
PCIe 3.0 x8Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

1024 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR3
64 bitMemory Bus256 bit
32.00 GB/sBandwidth51.20 GB/s

Performance

6.600 GPixel/sPixel fillrate8.480 GPixel/s
16.50 GTexel/sTexture fillrate16.96 GTexel/s
528.0 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance169.6 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

1000 MHz
4 Gbps effective
Memory Clock800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective

Render Config

320Shading Units64
20TMUs32
8ROPs16
128 KBL2 Cache64 KB

Board Design

unknownThermal design power (TDP)60 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

12 (11_1)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
4.6OpenGL3.3
1.2OpenCL1.1
1.2VulkanN/A
5.1Shader Model4.0