AMD Radeon HD 6670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6670 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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 HD 6670

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 4.3x more pipelines: 480 vs 112
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 724 vs 454
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 247 vs 56
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3260 vs 2845
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3304
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3260 vs 2845
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3304
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 April 2011 vs 21 July 2008
Pipelines 480 vs 112
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 66 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 724 vs 454
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 vs 56
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3260 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3260 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

  • Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
724
454
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
247
56
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3304
Name AMD Radeon HD 6670 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 724 454
PassMark - G2D Mark 247 56
Geekbench - OpenCL 1905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 235.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 38.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3260 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3260 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 3304
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6670 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Turks G92
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 19 April 2011 21 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $99 $160
Place in performance rating 1255 1063
Price now $102.99 $103.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.12 8.86

Technical info

Boost clock speed 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 480 112
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 66 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 754 million
Core clock speed 1500 MHz
CUDA cores 112
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI