GeForce 720A vs Radeon HD 7690M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 720A and Radeon HD 7690M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 720A and Radeon HD 7690M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon HD 7690M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7690M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 7690M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 720A Radeon HD 7690M
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 20 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5/DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 720A has 65% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • GeForce 720A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7690M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce 720A and Radeon HD 7690M have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • GeForce 720A is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7690M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 720A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7690M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 720A is 175 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • GeForce 720A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7690M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7690M is 1600 MHz higher, than GeForce 720A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 2−3
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 12−14
medium / 1080p 0−1 4−5
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7690M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1200% more, than GeForce 720A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 720A Radeon HD 7690M
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GF117 Thames XT / XTX
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 1 July 2014 7 June 2011
Pipelines 96 480
Core clock speed 775 MHz 600 MHz
Boost Clock 938 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 716 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 15.01 17.40
Floating-point performance 360.2 gflops 696.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 3600/1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Laptop size medium sized
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