AMD Radeon HD 7670M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7670M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 480 vs 144
  • Around 48% better floating-point performance: 576.0 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1228 vs 1134
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3341 vs 2827
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1228 vs 1134
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3341 vs 2827
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 February 2012 vs 27 October 2011
Pipelines 480 vs 144
Floating-point performance 576.0 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1228 vs 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 vs 2827
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1228 vs 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 vs 2827

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 653 vs 470
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 110 vs 85
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2903 vs 1405
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 7.699 vs 2.47
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 252.895 vs 210.901
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2265 vs 2194
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2265 vs 2194
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 653 vs 470
PassMark - G2D Mark 110 vs 85
Geekbench - OpenCL 2903 vs 1405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.699 vs 2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 252.895 vs 210.901
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2265 vs 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2265 vs 2194

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7670M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
470
653
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
85
110
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1405
2903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.47
7.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
210.901
252.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1228
1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2194
2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
2827
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1228
1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2194
2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
2827
Name AMD Radeon HD 7670M NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
PassMark - G3D Mark 470 653
PassMark - G2D Mark 85 110
Geekbench - OpenCL 1405 2903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.47 7.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 210.901 252.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1228 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2194 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 2827
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1228 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2194 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 2827
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 21.909

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7670M NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Thames GF106
Launch date 17 February 2012 27 October 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $629.99
Place in performance rating 1421 1422
Price now $629.99
Type Laptop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 1.48

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 576.0 gflops 388.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 480 144
Texture fill rate 14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 1,170 million
Boost clock speed 753 MHz
CUDA cores Up to 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized large
Bus support PCI Express 2.0

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3, (GDDR5) DDR3\DDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI