AMD Radeon HD 6670 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6670 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M 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 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 5x more pipelines: 480 vs 96
  • 2.7x better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 288 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 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 724 vs 415
  • 5.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 244 vs 43
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3260 vs 1963
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3259
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3260 vs 1963
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3259
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 April 2011 vs 1 December 2009
Pipelines 480 vs 96
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 66 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 724 vs 415
PassMark - G2D Mark 244 vs 43
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3260 vs 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3260 vs 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3259

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 28.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.8 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6670
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
724
415
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
244
43
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3259
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3260
1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3259
Name AMD Radeon HD 6670 NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
PassMark - G3D Mark 724 415
PassMark - G2D Mark 244 43
Geekbench - OpenCL 1900
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 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3260 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 3259
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6670 NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Turks G92
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 19 April 2011 1 December 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Place in performance rating 1261 1262
Price now $102.99 $49.95
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 13.12 22.55

Technical info

Boost clock speed 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 480 96
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s 28.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 66 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 754 million
Core clock speed 600 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0