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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.

Radeon HD 7600M Series

Radeon HD 7690M XT 480 @ 0.73 GHz128 Bit @ 3600 MHz
Radeon HD 7690M compare 480 @ 0.6 - 0.73 GHz128 Bit @ 3600/1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7660G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics compare 862 @ 0.69 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics compare 736 @ 0.66 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics compare 736 @ 0.66 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7670M compare 480 @ 0.6 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7650M compare 480 @ 0.45 - 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7630M compare 480 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics compare 656 @ 0.66 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Radeon HD 7610M compare 400 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 1600 MHz
CodenameThames XTX
ArchitectureTerascale 2
Pipelines480 - unified
Core Speed725 MHz
Memory Speed3600 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.1
Transistor Count716 Million
technology40 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement07.06.2011
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.amd.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 10628     avg: 10919     median: 10919 (14%)     max: 11210 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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 detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1280x720
57 60 ~ 59 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
36 42.8 ~ 39 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
27 30.2 ~ 29 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
97.6 109 ~ 103 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
41.3 46 ~ 44 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
27.4 28 ~ 28 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
63.2 70 ~ 67 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
44.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
30  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
18  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
49  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
34  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
28  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
low 800x600
303  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
154.9  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
105.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
55.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
F1 2011

F1 2011

2011
low 800x600
92  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
62  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
37  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
102.7 157 ~ 130 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
43.4 48 ~ 46 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
22  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Dirt 3

Dirt 3

2011
low 800x600
104.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
63.2  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
48.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
39  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
27  fps    + Compare
high 1600x900
17  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Crysis 2

Crysis 2

2011
low 800x600
88  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
54  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
44  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 800x600
90  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
79  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
68  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
45  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Civilization 5

Civilization 5

2010
low 1024x768
63  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 800x600
115  fps    + Compare
med. 1360x768
47  fps    + Compare
high 1600x900
25  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

2008
med. 1024x768
64  fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
47  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2

2008
low 640x480
166  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
69  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
27  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Mass Effect 3593929
Anno 2070103442815
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim6744.73018
Battlefield 349342810
Fifa 12303154.9105.455.6
F1 2011926237
Deus Ex Human Revolution1304622
Dirt 3104.263.248.2
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings39271713
Crysis 288544417
Call of Duty: Black Ops90796845
Civilization 56317
Metro 203311547259
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto6447
Far Cry 21666927
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