AMD Radeon HD 8690M
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M is a graphics card released on January 1, 2013, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 384 shading units, 2 GB of GDDR5 memory and a boost clock of 775 MHz. It scores 984 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.
Depth: 23 recorded fields
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M scores 984 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 54.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,398), measured across 9 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 768.
Theoretical throughput
Texture fill rate (18.6 GTexel/s) is calculated by Feex from stored specifications, not stated by AMD.
As stated by PassMark
Graphics processor
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Sun XT graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.
Shader configuration
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M has 384 shading units, 6 compute units, 24 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon HD 8690M.
Clock speeds
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M runs at a base clock of 775 MHz and boosts to 775 MHz.
Memory
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory.
Market
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M was released on January 1, 2013.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4.
CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 8690M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 8690M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 8690M.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 8690M have?
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory.
How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 8690M?
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M scores 984 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 54.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,398.
When was the AMD Radeon HD 8690M released?
The AMD Radeon HD 8690M was released on January 1, 2013.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: GCN (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip Sun -> GCN 1. Sources: Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units (revision 1376670003).
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