AMD Radeon HD 7790 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7790 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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.

AMD Radeon HD 7790

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7790

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 48.0 billion / sec
Around 55% better floating-point performance: 1,792 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
4.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3090 vs 1947
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 459 vs 326
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14832 vs 5980
Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.749 vs 20.831
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5087 vs 3396
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5087 vs 3396

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2013 vs 1 October 2012
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s vs 48.0 billion / sec
Floating-point performance	1,792 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3090 vs 1947
PassMark - G2D Mark	459 vs 326
Geekbench - OpenCL	14832 vs 5980
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.749 vs 20.831
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5087 vs 3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5087 vs 3396

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

Around 7% higher pipelines: 960 vs 896
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 85 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 988
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2061
3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 988
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2061

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	960 vs 896
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 2061
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 2061

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7790
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3090

1947

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

459

326

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14832

5980

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

40.749

20.831

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5087

3396

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2061

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5087

3396

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2061

3350

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7790	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
PassMark - G3D Mark	3090	1947
PassMark - G2D Mark	459	326
Geekbench - OpenCL	14832	5980
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.749	20.831
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	828.247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	63.284
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	217.744
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5087	3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	988	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2061	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5087	3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	988	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2061	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7790	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Bonaire	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	22 March 2013	1 October 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	817	818
Price now	$134.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	29.57
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792 gflops	1,154 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	960
Texture fill rate	56 GTexel / s	48.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		960
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	67.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA