AMD Radeon HD 8590M vs AMD Radeon HD 8670M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8590M and AMD Radeon HD 8670M 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), 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8590M

AMD Radeon HD 8670M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8590M

2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670M

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 775 MHz vs 750 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 19.8 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 528.0 gflops

Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 750 MHz
Boost clock speed	775 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.8 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops vs 528.0 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8590M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8670M

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8590M	AMD Radeon HD 8670M
PassMark - G3D Mark		520
PassMark - G2D Mark		488
Geekbench - OpenCL		5532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		144.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		17.551
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		71.696
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2270
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2270

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8590M	AMD Radeon HD 8670M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Sun	Mars
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 March 2013	1 March 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	1171
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	775 MHz
Compute units	5	6
Core clock speed	750 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops	633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s	19.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	36 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0