NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

GeForce GTX 670M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 22 March 2012. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GF114.

Core clock speed - 598 MHz. Texture fill rate - 33.5 billion / sec. Pipelines - 336. Floating-point performance - 803.7 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,950 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1526 MB. Memory bus width - 192bit. Memory clock speed - 1500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72.0 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
1746
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
303
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
6392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
15.053 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
588.645 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.720 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
35.916 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
52.899 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
2731 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3627 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3346 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
2731.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3627.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3346.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
2062
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1746
PassMark - G2D Mark 303
Geekbench - OpenCL 6392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 15.053 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 588.645 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.720 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 35.916 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 52.899 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2731 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3627 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3346 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2731.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3627.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3346.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2062

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768225.40
Medium, 1366x768180.30
High, 1366x768140.20

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76840.60
Medium, 1366x76833.80
High, 1366x76819.90
Ultra, 1920x10809.00

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76880.10
Medium, 1366x76863.10
High, 1366x76832.30
Ultra, 1920x108017.20

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720151.10
Medium, 1366x76888.30
High, 1366x76876.10
Ultra, 1920x108023.10

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768253.90
Medium, 1366x768112.80
High, 1366x76891.50
Ultra, 1920x108034.40

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x76860.70
Medium, 1366x76840.90
High, 1366x76833.70
Ultra, 1920x108020.10

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768184.30
Medium, 1366x76896.10
High, 1366x76861.60
Ultra, 1920x108018.60

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76879.70
Medium, 1366x76843.40
High, 1366x76829.40
Ultra, 1920x108011.20

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76873.40
Medium, 1366x76865.80
High, 1366x76833.20
Ultra, 1920x108014.10

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768135.90
Medium, 1366x768107.80
High, 1366x76865.00
Ultra, 1920x108041.10

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x76886.10
Medium, 1366x76842.30
High, 1366x76836.30
Ultra, 1920x108020.60

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768110.60
Medium, 1366x76888.30
High, 1366x76872.00
Ultra, 1920x108046.00

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768101.00
Medium, 1366x76877.00
High, 1366x76873.20
Ultra, 1920x108029.40

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768185.00
Medium, 1366x768133.00
High, 1366x76883.00
Ultra, 1920x108059.00

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72060.00
High, 1366x76859.80
Ultra, 1920x108055.20

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72097.00
Medium, 1366x76876.65
High, 1366x76858.65
Ultra, 1920x108032.80

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76886.05
Medium, 1366x76859.30
High, 1366x76847.50
Ultra, 1920x108019.80

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768197.00
High, 1366x768104.60
Ultra, 1920x108041.70

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768270.50
Medium, 1360x768107.45
High, 1360x76887.60
Ultra, 1920x108048.60

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600117.00
Medium, 1360x76872.30
High, 1600x90039.30
Ultra, 1920x108014.10

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF114
Launch date 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 979
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 598 MHz
CUDA cores 336
Floating-point performance 803.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 336
Texture fill rate 33.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12 API
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1526 MB
Memory bandwidth 72.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
SLI