AMD Radeon HD 7670M vs AMD FirePro M8900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7670M and AMD FirePro M8900 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon HD 7670M

AMD FirePro M8900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	17 February 2012 vs 12 April 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M8900

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 960 vs 480
2.3x better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
13.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18738 vs 1405
4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.529 vs 2.47
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 760.858 vs 210.901

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 480
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	18738 vs 1405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.529 vs 2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	760.858 vs 210.901

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7670M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M8900

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1405

18738

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.47

10.529

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

210.901

760.858

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7670M	AMD FirePro M8900
PassMark - G3D Mark	473
PassMark - G2D Mark	89
Geekbench - OpenCL	1405	18738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.47	10.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	210.901	760.858
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		26.149
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		108.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7670M	AMD FirePro M8900
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale 2
Code name	Thames	Blackcomb
Launch date	17 February 2012	12 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$629.99
Place in performance rating	1404	1405
Price now	$629.99
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.48
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	576.0 gflops	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	480	960
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s	32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-B
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	115 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, (GDDR5)	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0