AMD Radeon HD 7670M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7670M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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 - 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 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- 2.5x more pipelines: 480 vs 192
- Around 21% better floating-point performance: 576.0 gflops vs 476.9 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- 9.1x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 182 Watt
- 2.3x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 896 MB
- Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
- Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 91 vs 55
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 17 February 2012 vs 16 June 2008 |
| Pipelines | 480 vs 192 |
| Floating-point performance | 576.0 gflops vs 476.9 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt vs 182 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 896 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 999 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 91 vs 55 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
- 2.1x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 2.6x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s
- 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1215 vs 473
- 13.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 1402
- 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.664 vs 2.47
- 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 477.327 vs 210.901
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1242 MHz vs 600 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 36.9 billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1215 vs 473 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 19512 vs 1402 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 8.664 vs 2.47 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 477.327 vs 210.901 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 vs 3341 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 vs 3341 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7670M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 7670M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 473 | 1215 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 91 | 55 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 1402 | 19512 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 2.47 | 8.664 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 210.901 | 477.327 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1228 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2194 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3341 | 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1228 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2194 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3341 | 3342 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 24.906 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 29.525 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 7670M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla 2.0 |
| Code name | Thames | GT200 |
| Launch date | 17 February 2012 | 16 June 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $629.99 | $449 |
| Place in performance rating | 1404 | 1407 |
| Price now | $629.99 | $95.38 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 1.48 | 13.70 |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 1242 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 576.0 gflops | 476.9 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Pipelines | 480 | 192 |
| Texture fill rate | 14.4 GTexel / s | 36.9 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt | 182 Watt |
| Transistor count | 716 million | 1,400 million |
| CUDA cores | 192 | |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV |
| Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
| Length | 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) | |
| SLI options | 2-way3-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 896 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB / s | 111.9 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 448 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 999 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3, (GDDR5) | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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