AMD Radeon HD 8670M videocard review

AMD Radeon HD 8670M

Radeon HD 8670M videocard released by AMD; release date: 1 March 2013. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Mars.

Core clock speed - 775 MHz. Boost clock speed - 775 MHz. Texture fill rate - 19.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 633.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 14.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
520
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
488
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
5532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
7.005 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
144.131 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
0.952 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
17.551 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
71.696 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1039 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1783 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2270 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1039.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1783.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2270.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 520
PassMark - G2D Mark 488
Geekbench - OpenCL 5532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 7.005 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 144.131 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.952 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 17.551 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 71.696 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1039 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1783 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2270 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1039.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1783.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2270.000 Fps

Games performance

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x76830.90
Medium, 1366x76821.30

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72023.40
Medium, 1344x75615.50
High, 1920x10808.00

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768150.10
Medium, 1366x76842.90
High, 1920x108017.00

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x72032.60
Medium, 1280x72028.50
High, 1920x108010.90

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76819.30
Medium, 1366x76812.30
High, 1366x7689.80

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76851.20
Medium, 1366x76824.80

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x76833.60
Medium, 1366x76824.80
High, 1366x76817.10

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x76840.60
Medium, 1366x76830.50
High, 1366x76826.20

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76823.00

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76818.65
Medium, 1366x76811.15
High, 1366x7689.30
Ultra, 1920x10804.70

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72037.49
Medium, 1366x76822.29
High, 1366x76818.18
Ultra, 1920x10805.49

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768166.10
Medium, 1366x76847.80
High, 1366x76825.70

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x768132.10
Medium, 1366x76822.20

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x76852.90
Medium, 1366x76827.55
High, 1366x76817.70
Ultra, 1920x10806.00

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76819.20

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76826.27
Medium, 1366x76816.62
High, 1366x76811.91

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x76867.00
Medium, 1366x76826.00
High, 1366x76821.00
Ultra, 1920x108011.00

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76862.00
Medium, 1366x76835.00
High, 1366x76822.00
Ultra, 1920x10809.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x76852.00
Medium, 1366x76836.00
High, 1366x76829.00
Ultra, 1920x108017.00

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72039.80
Medium, 1366x76826.20
High, 1366x76817.40

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768154.00
Medium, 1360x76829.00
High, 1360x76814.00
Ultra, 1920x10808.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600239.50
Medium, 1024x76872.00
High, 1280x102421.50
Ultra, 1920x10809.50

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Mars
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1173
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0