AMD Radeon HD 6670 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6670 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 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) 1 month(s) later
- 3.8x more pipelines: 480 vs 128
- 2.1x better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 374.5 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 75 Watt
- Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 727 vs 576
- Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 244 vs 153
- Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 1876
- Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 1876
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 19 April 2011 vs 3 March 2009 |
Pipelines | 480 vs 128 |
Floating-point performance | 768.0 gflops vs 374.5 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 66 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 727 vs 576 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 244 vs 153 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 vs 1876 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 vs 1876 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
- Around 98% higher texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate | 38 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6670 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 727 | 576 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 244 | 153 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 1898 | |
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 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3348 | 1876 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1564 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3260 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3348 | 1876 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 6670 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
Code name | Turks | G92 |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series | |
Launch date | 19 April 2011 | 3 March 2009 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $99 | |
Place in performance rating | 1261 | 1263 |
Price now | $102.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Value for money (0-100) | 13.12 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 768.0 gflops | 374.5 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 480 | 128 |
Texture fill rate | 19.2 GTexel / s | 38 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 66 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 716 million | 754 million |
Core clock speed | 1463 MHz | |
CUDA cores | 128 | |
Gigaflops | 562 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA |
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Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCI-E 2.0 |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-IV |
Length | 168 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
Laptop size | large | |
MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 61 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1050 MHz | |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire | ||
CUDA | ||
HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
PureVideo HD | ||
SLI |