GeForce GTX 690 vs Radeon Sky 500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 690 and Radeon Sky 500. 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 GTX 690 and Radeon Sky 500. 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.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 690 Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 4 GB
Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 690 has 100% more power consumption, than Radeon Sky 500.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 690 and Radeon Sky 500 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 690 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 35 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 690.
  • GeForce GTX 690 and Radeon Sky 500 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon Sky 500 is 231 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 690.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 690 is 1208 MHz higher, than Radeon Sky 500.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
GeForce GTX 690 and Radeon Sky 500 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 690 Radeon Sky 500
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Pitcairn
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 3 May 2012 27 March 2013
Pipelines 1536 1280
Core clock speed 915 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1019 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 234 billion/sec 76.00
Floating-point performance 2x 3,130 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 11.0" (27.9 cm) 242 mm
Memory bus width 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s 154 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 3072
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI Yes (via dongle)
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
3D Vision Live +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 156 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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