AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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).

AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 81 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 804 vs 139
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 324 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2012 vs 26 July 2004
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 81 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	804 vs 139
PassMark - G2D Mark	324 vs 153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

804

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

324

153

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	804	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	324	153
Geekbench - OpenCL	11715
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	71.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2385
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7670 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Turks	NV40 A1
Launch date	5 January 2012	26 July 2004
Place in performance rating	1103	1106
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	197 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3