Quadro CX vs Radeon HD 7690M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro CX and Radeon HD 7690M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro CX stacks up against Radeon HD 7690M, check out specs charts below.

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

  Quadro CX Radeon HD 7690M
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 20 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5/DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Quadro CX has 650% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • Quadro CX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7690M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro CX has 1535 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • Quadro CX is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7690M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro CX is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7690M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro CX is 2 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • Quadro CX is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7690M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7690M is 2000 MHz higher, than Quadro CX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 2−3
ultra / 1080p 0−1 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 10−12 12−14
medium / 1080p 2−3 4−5
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7690M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Quadro CX.

Full Specs

  Quadro CX Radeon HD 7690M
Architecture Tesla 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GT200B Thames XT / XTX
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 11 November 2008 7 June 2011
Pipelines 192 480
Core clock speed 602 MHz 600 MHz
Boost Clock 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 716 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 38.53 17.40
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops 696.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 3600/1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.0 5.0
OpenGL 3.3 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 1.3
Laptop size medium sized
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