AMD Radeon HD 8670D vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8670D and NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 533 vs 479
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 186 vs 141
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3257
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3257

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2013 vs 1 October 2012
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	533 vs 479
PassMark - G2D Mark	186 vs 141
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 3257
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 3257

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2229 vs 2087
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 999 vs 920
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 999 vs 920
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2333 vs 1980
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2333 vs 1980

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2229 vs 2087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	999 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	999 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2333 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2333 vs 1980

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8670D
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

533

479

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

186

141

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2087

2229

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

920

999

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

920

999

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1980

2333

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1980

2333

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3257

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3257

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
PassMark - G3D Mark	533	479
PassMark - G2D Mark	186	141
Geekbench - OpenCL	2087	2229
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	920	999
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	920	999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1980	2333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1980	2333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3257
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3257

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Richland	GF117
Launch date	4 June 2013	1 October 2012
Place in performance rating	1206	1208
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	844 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	96
CUDA cores		96
Floating-point performance		240.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Transistor count		585 million
API support
DirectX	11	12 API
OpenCL		1.1
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus