AMD Radeon HD 7610M vs AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
► remove from comparisonThe AMD Radeon HD 7610M (sometimes also called AMD Radeon HD 7610M) is a low-end middle class graphics card for laptops in 2011. It is based on the same chip as the Radeon HD 6630M but features only 5 SIMD blocks and therefore just 400 shader units. Furthermore, the clock rate is reduced to 450 MHz. It is still built in 40nm and supports DirectX 11.
The 400 Stream processors are still based on the 5D architecture similar to the 5000 series. Therefore, the number of shaders is not comparable to the 1D cores of current Nvidia GPUs. The Tessellation performance should be improved (like the desktop 6800 series) with the new cards. The Stream processors can be used with DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, DirectCompute 11 and OpenCL. With the later two the cores can also be used for general computations like transcoding videos.
The 3D performance is slightly below the old Radeon HD 6530M due to the slow clock rate and the 400 shaders. Therefore, demanding games of 2011 like Battlefield 3 or Anno 2070 are running fluently only in low detail settings. Games with less demanding 3D engines like CoD MW3 should also run in high details.
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 graphics card.
Furthermore, the HD 7600M series integrates a 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). However, the solution is not as mature as Nvidias 3D Vision.
Thanks to Eyefinity the graphics chip is able to theoretically drive up to 5 monitors simultaneously. However, this only works if the laptop features enough DisplayPort outputs.
AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
► remove from comparisonThe 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.
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Codename | Thames-LE | Thames XTX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Terascale 2 | Terascale 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 400 - unified | 480 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 450 MHz | 725 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 1600 MHz | 3600 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | DDR3 | GDDR5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 40 nm | 40 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | medium sized | medium sized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 07.01.2012 | 07.06.2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 716 Million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.amd.com |
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon HD 7610M
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
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.
Total War: Rome II
2013Saints Row IV
2013Company of Heroes 2
2013Metro: Last Light
2013BioShock Infinite
2013Tomb Raider
2013Crysis 3
2013Dead Space 3
2013Far Cry 3
2012Assassin´s Creed III
2012Hitman: Absolution
2012Dishonored
2012Fifa 13
2012F1 2012
2012Counter-Strike: GO
2012Diablo III
2012Mass Effect 3
2012Alan Wake
2012Anno 2070
2011Battlefield 3
2011Fifa 12
2011F1 2011
2011Dirt 3
2011Crysis 2
2011Mafia 2
2010StarCraft 2
2010Metro 2033
2010Average Gaming AMD Radeon HD 7610M → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT → 163%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 157%