AMD Radeon HD 7670M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7670M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 7.5x more pipelines: 480 vs 64
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 576.0 gflops vs 176 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 59 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 768 MB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 475 vs 404
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 97 vs 65
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3341 vs 2917
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3341 vs 2917
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 February 2012 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines 480 vs 64
Floating-point performance 576.0 gflops vs 176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 59 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 475 vs 404
PassMark - G2D Mark 97 vs 65
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 vs 2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 vs 2917

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

  • Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7670M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
475
404
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
97
65
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
2917
Name AMD Radeon HD 7670M NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
PassMark - G3D Mark 475 404
PassMark - G2D Mark 97 65
Geekbench - OpenCL 1401
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 210.901
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 2917
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 2917
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7670M NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Thames G94
Launch date 17 February 2012 30 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $629.99 $489
Place in performance rating 1399 1401
Price now $629.99 $186.29
Type Laptop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 1.48 4.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 576.0 gflops 176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 480 64
Texture fill rate 14.4 GTexel / s 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 59 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 505 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 768 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3, (GDDR5) GDDR3
Shared memory 0