NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

GeForce GTX 670 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 10 May 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $399. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK104.

Core clock speed - 980 MHz. Boost clock speed - 980 MHz. Texture fill rate - 102.5 billion / sec. Pipelines - 1344. Floating-point performance - 2,459.5 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 3,540 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 170 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256-bit GDDR5. Memory clock speed - 6.0 GB/s. Memory bandwidth - 192.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
5330
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
532
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
15568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
41.613 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
971.208 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
4.281 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
40.404 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
86.208 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
7038 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3686 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3361 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
7038.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3686.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3361.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
1832
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 5330
PassMark - G2D Mark 532
Geekbench - OpenCL 15568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 41.613 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 971.208 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 4.281 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 40.404 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 86.208 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 7038 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3686 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3361 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 7038.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3686.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3361.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1832

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK104
Launch date 10 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 577
Price now $474.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.20

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 1344
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA