AMD Radeon HD 7970 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 21.8x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
- 17.1x more pipelines: 2048 vs 120
- 23.2x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
- 12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
Launch date | 22 December 2011 vs 7 January 2008 |
Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2048 vs 120 |
Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 163.2 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 256 MB |
Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670
- 10x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1375 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 30 Watt vs 300 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1375 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670
Name | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 |
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Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 84.381 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1389.754 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.872 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 101.929 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 481.76 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9448 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3704 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9448 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3704 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2276 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 232 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 331 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | Tahiti | M86 |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Launch date | 22 December 2011 | 7 January 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | |
Place in performance rating | 483 | 478 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops | 163.2 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 2048 | 120 |
Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s | 5.44 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 30 Watt |
Transistor count | 4,313 million | 378 million |
Core clock speed | 680 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 274 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 264 GB/s | 25.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR2 / GDDR3 / GDDR4 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire | ||
FreeSync |