Radeon HD 6930 vs Radeon HD 7690M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 6930 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 Radeon HD 6930 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

  Radeon HD 6930 Radeon HD 7690M
Power consumption (TDP) 186 Watt 20 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5/DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6930 has 830% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • Radeon HD 6930 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7690M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon HD 6930 and Radeon HD 7690M have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Radeon HD 6930 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7690M - in Laptops.
  • Radeon HD 6930 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon HD 7690M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6930 is 150 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7690M.
  • Radeon HD 6930 and Radeon HD 7690M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6930 is 1200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7690M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 2−3
ultra / 1080p 5−6 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 12−14
medium / 1080p 10−12 4−5
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6930 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than Radeon HD 7690M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6930 Radeon HD 7690M
Architecture TeraScale 3 Terascale 2
Code name Cayman Thames XT / XTX
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 1 December 2011 7 June 2011
Pipelines 1280 480
Core clock speed 750 MHz 600 MHz
Boost Clock 725 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 716 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 60.00 17.40
Floating-point performance 1,920.0 gflops 696.0 gflops
Length 220 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 3600/1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
Laptop size medium sized
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