AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
- Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 102.5 billion / sec
- Around 52% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1344
- Around 67% better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
- Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 170 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
- 1000x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
- Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 41.613
- Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 971.208
- Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 4.281
- Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 40.404
- 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 86.208
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 29 September 2015 vs 10 May 2012 |
Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s vs 102.5 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 2048 vs 1344 |
Floating-point performance | 4,096 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt vs 170 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2 GB |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 66.837 vs 41.613 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1369.722 vs 971.208 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.633 vs 4.281 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 65.836 vs 40.404 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 326.391 vs 86.208 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
- Around 33% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 735 MHz
Core clock speed | 980 MHz vs 735 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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Name | AMD Radeon E8950 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 66.837 | 41.613 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1369.722 | 971.208 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.633 | 4.281 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 65.836 | 40.404 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 326.391 | 86.208 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 5330 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 529 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 15400 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7038 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3686 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7038 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3686 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1812 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon E8950 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 3.0 | Kepler |
Code name | Amethyst | GK104 |
Launch date | 29 September 2015 | 10 May 2012 |
Place in performance rating | 734 | 566 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
Price now | $474.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 13.20 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 980 MHz |
Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 980 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 4,096 gflops | 2,459.5 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 2048 | 1344 |
Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s | 102.5 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt | 170 Watt |
Transistor count | 5,000 million | 3,540 million |
CUDA cores | 1344 | |
Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
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HDCP | ||
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | Two 6-pin |
Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | |
SLI options | 3-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB / s | 192.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256-bit GDDR5 |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 6.0 GB/s |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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3D Gaming | ||
3D Vision | ||
Adaptive VSync | ||
CUDA | ||
FXAA | ||
GPU Boost | ||
SLI | ||
TXAA |