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AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT

The AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT is a fast middle-class graphics card for laptops in 2011. It is at heart a renamed Radeon HD 6770M. Therefore, the GPU is still built in 40nm with DirectX11 support. The Radeon HD 7690M (without the XT addition, is the renamed 6750M and offers as a GDDR5 variant lower clock rates or slower DDR3 graphics memory).

The integrated 480 Stream processors are still based on the 5D architecture found in the Radeon 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders is not comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. General Tessellation performance of the Radeon HD 7690M card should be comparable to the desktop 6800 series. The Stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. The latter two features enable the AMD core to transcode videos and perform general computations.

The 3D performance of the HD 7690M XT is slightly better than the GeForce GT 555M and is therefore positioned in the upper middle class as of 2011. Demanding games like Anno 2070 or Skyrim can only be played in medium detail settings and lower resolutions. Even more demanding games, such as Battlefield 3, may only run fluently in low detail settings. Older games like Call of Duty: Black Ops are playable with all settings maxed.

The new UVD3 video decoder supports the decoding of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, Flash and now also Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos on the AMD graphics card.

Furthermore, the HD 7600M series integrates an HD audio controller to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos).

The AMD HD3D Technology offers support for Blu-Ray 3D and 3D displays (integrated and external). This solution, however, is not as mature as Nvidia's 3D Vision in terms of drivers and general software support.

Thanks to Eyefinity, the HD 7690M is able to theoretically drive up to 5 monitors simultaneously. Note that this would only work if the laptop features enough DisplayPort outputs to begin with.

The power consumption of the HD 7690M should be similar to the Mobility Radeon HD 5770 and is therefore usually found in 15-inch or larger notebooks with more powerful cooling solutions.

ManufacturerAMD
Radeon HD 7600M Series

Radeon HD 7690M XT 480@725MHz

Radeon HD 7690M 480@600 - 725MHz

Radeon HD 7660G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics 862@685 / 600MHz

Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics 736@655 / 600MHz

Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics 736@655 / 600MHz

Radeon HD 7670M 480@600MHz

Radeon HD 7650M 480@450-550MHz

Radeon HD 7630M 480@450MHz

Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics 656@655 / 450MHz

Radeon HD 7610M 400@450MHz

CodenameThames XTX
ArchitectureTerascale 2
Pipelines480 - unified
Core Speed *725 MHz
Shader Speed *725 MHz
Memory Speed *900 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Transistors716 Million
technology40 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement07.06.2011
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.amd.com/de/products/notebook/...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 1517     avg: 1550.5 (15%)     max: 1584 points
3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
0% 100%
min: 1346     avg: 1346 (12%)     max: 1346 points
3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 6765     avg: 7054.5 (19%)     max: 7344 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 5594     avg: 5594 (15%)     max: 5594 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 10628     avg: 10919 (37%)     max: 11210 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 17545     avg: 17545 (48%)     max: 17545 Points
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 6832     avg: 6832 (26%)     max: 6832 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 51.48     avg: 51.5 (58%)     max: 51.48 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 5514     avg: 5514 (51%)     max: 5514 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
0% 100%
min: 6.6     avg: 6.7 (84%)     max: 6.7 points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
0% 100%
min: 6.6     avg: 6.7 (84%)     max: 6.7 points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Mass Effect 3
low:
57 60 ~ 59 fps      Compare
high:
36 42.8 ~ 39 fps      Compare
ultra:
27 30.2 ~ 29 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Alan Wake (2012): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Anno 2070
Anno 2070 (2011)
low:
97.6 109 ~ 103 fps      Compare
med.:
41.3 46 ~ 44 fps      Compare
high:
27.4 28 ~ 28 fps      Compare
ultra:
15  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
low:
63.2 70 ~ 67 fps      Compare
med.:
44.7  fps      Compare
high:
30  fps      Compare
ultra:
18  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
CoD: Modern Warfare 3 (2011): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Battlefield 3
low:
49  fps      Compare
med.:
34  fps      Compare
high:
28  fps      Compare
ultra:
10  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Batman: Arkham City (2011): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
Fifa 12
Fifa 12 (2011)
low:
303  fps      Compare
med.:
154.9  fps      Compare
high:
105.4  fps      Compare
ultra:
55.6  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
F1 2011
F1 2011 (2011)
low:
92  fps      Compare
med.:
62  fps      Compare
high:
37  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Deus Ex Human Revolution
low:
102.7 157 ~ 130 fps      Compare
high:
43.4 48 ~ 46 fps      Compare
ultra:
22  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Dirt 3
Dirt 3 (2011)
low:
104.2  fps      Compare
med.:
63.2  fps      Compare
high:
48.2  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
low:
39  fps      Compare
med.:
27  fps      Compare
high:
17  fps      Compare
ultra:
13  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Crysis 2
Crysis 2 (2011)
low:
88  fps      Compare
med.:
54  fps      Compare
high:
44  fps      Compare
ultra:
17  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Total War: Shogun 2 (2011): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Call of Duty: Black Ops
low:
90  fps      Compare
med.:
79  fps      Compare
high:
68  fps      Compare
ultra:
45  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Fifa 11 (2010): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings ultra. - more...
Civilization 5
Civilization 5 (2010)
low:
63  fps      Compare
ultra:
17  fps      Compare