Question Concerning AMD Radeon HD 8690A Graphics Card

I can't seem to find anything that is associated to 8690A too. They must have wrote it incorrectly.

Hi there, 

I have ordered the Inspiron on the basis that it will be used for Gaming and specifically, video design inside Adobe After Effects and Photoshop. Both of these programs are Graphics-demanding, however with 12GB Ram and an i7 CPU, we shouldn't worry too much! In terms of gaming, the GPU is very important. I couldn't find anything about the Radeon HD 8690A, however there is a Radeon HD 8690M, and after a little Background research, i found out the capabilities are pretty high. Put it this way, your gonna be able to render in Premier Pro and other editing software very smoothly and easily, what with 2GB DEDICATED GDDR5 ram. Im not so sure if the 8690m is the same as the 8690a, however it's within the region of some pretty high GPU'S. PC coming soon so i'l update you then ;)

I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION . I WANT TO BUY INSPIRON 23 TOUCH SERIE 7000 FOR MY SON BUT , I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICATION OF THE "AMD RADEON HD 8690A"

I HOPE SOMEONE HAS THE ANSWER.

MEHRAN

Greetings Community,

Thank you for your interest in the Inspiron!

I found some information on the card. I'll show you how I found it.

I went to the following link:

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-2350-aio/pd

Once at the link, I scrolled down to the video card and clicked 'help me choose' then clicked on 'compare side by side'. Screen shot below:

The performance of the Radeon HD 8690M is similar to the GeForce GT 730M and GT 640M. I would in no way consider this a good card for gaming.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8690M.86339.0.html

when searching the web, I cannot find anything about Radeon HD 8690A but there is  info on the Radeon HD 8690M. Is very disheartening that there is absolutely nothing on any of AMD's websites concerning the HD 8690A graphics card. Are the Radeon HD 8690A and 8690M graphic cards identical?

I'm sorry to see this issue unanswered after almost 6 months. I've ordered the AiO yesterday. When I get it, I'll do some benchmarks to assess it as good as I can, because this is ridiculous. Since september 2014, when I first checked it, I'm sure SOMEBODY has bought it. Unfortunately, I'm sure it's not really that good a gaming PC, otherwise Dell would have proudly mentioned it.

However, clearly, the ATI Radeon 8690A is not the same as the M, as the M has only 1Gb and the A 2Gb of GDDR5 RAM.

www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-8690M.86339.0.html

So I got the Dell, and I did some Passmark performance testing on it, comparing it with my old machine. It is a very fast computer, but it is, as expected, not that great when it comes to 3D graphics. And that's comparing it to a 3 year old laptop computer (with a good graphics card).

Summarized specs:

Dell Inspiron 23" AiO (!! apparently, this PC does not have the same specs in every country - mine has a 5400 rpm hybrid SSD for example, while the US version is 7200 rpm) - full specs like on order form below

The other PC is a BTO X-book 17CL36 with an ATI Radeon 6970M (2Gb), bought in 2011, with an Intel i7 2630 QM @2Ghz (see results) with 8 Gb RAM.

In the next two posts, I'll be pasting the results from the tests. One thing, however, needs to be said. The Dell AiO has an Intel 4600 Graphics chip AND an ATI Radeon 8690A. The ATI application manager decides when the card is activated, but application defaults can be set. I have tested the machine in a normal condition, with the Intel 4600 disabled (in device manager), and with the Performance tester set to use only the Radeon.

Results of the BTO X-book - the difference is mostly in 3D settings

PassMark(R) PerformanceTest 8.0 (http://www.passmark.com)
Results generated on: zaterdag 7 maart 2015

Benchmark Results

Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 11368.7
CPU - Floating Point Math: 4976.6
CPU - Prime Numbers: 19.4
CPU - Extended Instructions (SSE): 31.6
CPU - Compression: 8281.4
CPU - Encryption: 1126.8
CPU - Physics: 373.0
CPU - Sorting: 4981.2
CPU - Single Threaded: 1430.1
Graphics 2D - Simple Vectors: 16.9
Graphics 2D - Complex Vectors: 76.3
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 165.1
Graphics 2D - Windows Interface: 84.5
Graphics 2D - Image Filters: 652.2
Graphics 2D - Image Rendering: 589.7
Graphics 2D - Direct 2D: 11.2
Graphics 3D - DirectX 9 Simple: 110.6
Graphics 3D - DirectX 9 Complex: 61.3
Graphics 3D - DirectX 10: 41.6
Graphics 3D - DirectX 11: 32.5
Graphics 3D - DirectCompute: 792.9
Memory - Database Operations: 57.9
Memory - Read Cached: 20095.5
Memory - Read Uncached: 10759.8
Memory - Write: 8474.0
Memory - Available RAM: 5910.2
Memory - Latency: 28.3
Memory - Threaded: 18302.7
Disk - Sequential Read: 103.4
Disk - Sequential Write: 90.8
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 5.9
CPU Mark: 6297.3
2D Graphics Mark: 477.5
Memory Mark: 1908.1
Disk Mark: 723.7
3D Graphics Mark: 2024.4
PassMark Rating: 2099.5

Operating System: Windows 8.1 build 9600 (64-bit)
CPU Type: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz
Number of CPUs: 1
Cores per CPU: 4
Hyperthreading: Enabled
Motherboard: P170HMx
Memory: 8GB Corsair DDR3 SDRAM
Videocard: AMD Radeon HD 6900M
Hard Drive: ST9750420AS (750GB)

Results of the AiO asking Performance Test to use the ATI Radeon 8690A - best result

PassMark(R) PerformanceTest 8.0 (http://www.passmark.com)
Results generated on: 09 March 2015

Benchmark Results

Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 15784.2
CPU - Floating Point Math: 6981.8
CPU - Prime Numbers: 23.1
CPU - Extended Instructions (SSE): 43.7
CPU - Compression: 12174.1
CPU - Encryption: 1621.3
CPU - Physics: 440.3
CPU - Sorting: 7016.7
CPU - Single Threaded: 1966.3
Graphics 2D - Simple Vectors: 32.7
Graphics 2D - Complex Vectors: 131.5
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 232.5
Graphics 2D - Windows Interface: 121.5
Graphics 2D - Image Filters: 932.0
Graphics 2D - Image Rendering: 864.4
Graphics 2D - Direct 2D: 24.6
Graphics 3D - DirectX 9 Simple: 81.1
Graphics 3D - DirectX 9 Complex: 33.0
Graphics 3D - DirectX 10: 5.3
Graphics 3D - DirectX 11: 9.9
Graphics 3D - DirectCompute: 358.6
Memory - Database Operations: 68.8
Memory - Read Cached: 24685.4
Memory - Read Uncached: 11206.2
Memory - Write: 7827.5
Memory - Available RAM: 5830.2
Memory - Latency: 29.6
Memory - Threaded: 17401.6
Disk - Sequential Read: 72.6
Disk - Sequential Write: 58.8
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 4.7
CD/DVD - Read: 0.0
CPU Mark: 8514.2
2D Graphics Mark: 799.0
Memory Mark: 1994.2
Disk Mark: 492.5
3D Graphics Mark: 731.1
PassMark Rating: 1828.6

Operating System: Windows 8.1 build 9600 (64-bit)
CPU Type: Intel Core i7-4710MQ @ 2.50GHz
Number of CPUs: 1
Cores per CPU: 4
Hyperthreading: Enabled
Motherboard: 0RRXFP
Memory: 12GB Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics) DDR3 SDRAM
Videocard: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
Hard Drive: ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB (1TB)
Hard Drive: LaCie P9220 SCSI Disk Device (2TB)
Hard Drive: JetFlash Transcend 32GB USB Device (31GB)

Loooong story short:

AiO Dell (2014) with ATI Radeon 8690A (2Gb), 3D Graphics mark by Passmark: 731.1

BTO X-Book (2011) with ATI Radeon 6970M (2Gb), 3D Graphics mark by Passmark: 2024.4

Which means, DON'T buy the Dell AiO for gaming or 3D applications.

After continued (though very fluent) photoshop use, the otherwise very very silent machine also starts to make noise. Further, NO complaints about this machine which is really great and superfast for regular Office work.

Results of Dell AiO using standard settings - apparently, the performance tester mostly uses the intel chip, resulting in poor performance

PassMark(R) PerformanceTest 8.0 (http://www.passmark.com)
Results generated on: 07 March 2015

Benchmark Results

Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 14042.2
CPU - Floating Point Math: 6447.2
CPU - Prime Numbers: 20.7
CPU - Extended Instructions (SSE): 39.6
CPU - Compression: 11069.3
CPU - Encryption: 1517.3
CPU - Physics: 384.6
CPU - Sorting: 6368.5
CPU - Single Threaded: 1887.1
Graphics 2D - Simple Vectors: 40.1
Graphics 2D - Complex Vectors: 138.5
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 190.4
Graphics 2D - Windows Interface: 118.2
Graphics 2D - Image Filters: 899.7
Graphics 2D - Image Rendering: 790.6
Graphics 2D - Direct 2D: 13.5
Graphics 3D - DirectX 9 Simple: 4.0
Graphics 3D - DirectX 10: 1.5
Graphics 3D - DirectX 11: 0.8
Graphics 3D - DirectCompute: 78.5
Memory - Database Operations: 66.2
Memory - Read Cached: 23735.4
Memory - Read Uncached: 10509.0
Memory - Write: 6886.1
Memory - Available RAM: 8725.0
Memory - Latency: 30.6
Memory - Threaded: 14935.0
Disk - Sequential Read: 98.9
Disk - Sequential Write: 55.4
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 6.1
CD/DVD - Read: 0.0
CPU Mark: 7756.8
2D Graphics Mark: 708.7
Memory Mark: 1934.5
Disk Mark: 580.0
PassMark Rating: 1430.8

Operating System: Windows 8.1 build 9600 (64-bit)
CPU Type: Intel Core i7-4710MQ @ 2.50GHz
Number of CPUs: 1
Cores per CPU: 4
Hyperthreading: Enabled
Motherboard: 0RRXFP
Memory: 12GB Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics) DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive: ST1000LM TS0100ML20 4NHM (1TB)
Hard Drive: LaCie P9220 SCSI Disk Device (2TB)

Results of Dell AiO with Intel 4600 disabled in device manager

PassMark(R) PerformanceTest 8.0 (http://www.passmark.com)
Results generated on: 07 March 2015

Benchmark Results

Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 15138.1
CPU - Floating Point Math: 6738.2
CPU - Prime Numbers: 19.4
CPU - Extended Instructions (SSE): 42.4
CPU - Compression: 11782.2
CPU - Encryption: 1599.0
CPU - Physics: 356.4 -
CPU - Sorting: 6694.5
CPU - Single Threaded: 1922.1
Graphics 2D - Simple Vectors: 26.1
Graphics 2D - Complex Vectors: 139.7
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 209.6
Graphics 2D - Windows Interface: 116.8
Graphics 2D - Image Filters: 880.2
Graphics 2D - Image Rendering: 811.9
Graphics 2D - Direct 2D: 23.6
Graphics 3D - DirectX 9 Simple: 40.2 -
Graphics 3D - DirectX 9 Complex: 26.5 -
Graphics 3D - DirectX 10: 3.9 -
Graphics 3D - DirectX 11: 10.0 -
Graphics 3D - DirectCompute: 323.7 -
Memory - Database Operations: 68.5
Memory - Read Cached: 24340.1
Memory - Read Uncached: 9941.7 -
Memory - Write: 6268.4 -
Memory - Available RAM: 8607.0
Memory - Latency: 32.2 -
Memory - Threaded: 14006.2
Disk - Sequential Read: 77.3 -
Disk - Sequential Write: 54.8 -
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 5.8
CD/DVD - Read: 0.0
CPU Mark: 7896.1
2D Graphics Mark: 745.9
Memory Mark: 1872.3 -
Disk Mark: 498.8 -
3D Graphics Mark: 584.2 ----
PassMark Rating: 1709.6 ---

Operating System: Windows 8.1 build 9600 (64-bit)
CPU Type: Intel Core i7-4710MQ @ 2.50GHz
Number of CPUs: 1
Cores per CPU: 4
Hyperthreading: Enabled
Motherboard: 0RRXFP
Memory: 12GB Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics) DDR3 SDRAM
Hard Drive: ST1000LM TS0100ML20 4NHM (1TB)
Hard Drive: LaCie P9220 SCSI Disk Device (2TB)

It appears that Dell decided to choke the card by putting it on a PCIe 8x slot and not a 16x slot, and having the memory bandwidth at 64 bit instead of at least 128 bit.

Is that derived from those tests?

I can't really confirm that in any way, I don't know enough about the insides. If there's any further tests I can run, please let me know. I'm happy to be of service, I wanted to know about it half a year ago already and I'm sure others had the same question in the meantime.