ATI Radeon E4690 MXM vs GeForce GTX 285M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking943not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.53no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG92RV730
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2010 (14 years ago)1 June 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128320
Core clock speed600 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors754 million514 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate38.4019.20
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
Gigaflops576no data
ROPs168
TMUs6432

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-A (3.0)
SLI options2-way-
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 1020 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth61 GB/s22.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsSingle Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2010 1 June 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 30 Watt

GTX 285M has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI E4690 MXM, on the other hand, has a 18.2% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 285M and Radeon E4690 MXM. We've got no test results to judge.


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