AMD Radeon HD 7670M Rebrand vs AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7670M Rebrand and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon HD 7670M Rebrand

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670M Rebrand

10x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 200 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost

Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
7.2x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
3.7x more pipelines: 1792 vs 480
5.8x better floating-point performance: 3,315 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 480
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7670M Rebrand	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Boost
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	GCN 1.0
Code name	Whistler	Tahiti
Launch date	1 July 2012	22 June 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	576.0 gflops	3,315 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	480	1792
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s	103.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	4,313 million
Boost clock speed		925 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		274 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	240.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5