AMD Radeon HD 8670D vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8670D and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 1913
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 1913

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2013 vs 22 March 2012
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 1913

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1205 vs 529
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 239 vs 186
Around 81% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3805 vs 2105
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2283 vs 920
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2283 vs 920
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3299 vs 1980
Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3299 vs 1980

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1205 vs 529
PassMark - G2D Mark	239 vs 186
Geekbench - OpenCL	3805 vs 2105
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2283 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2283 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3299 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3299 vs 1980

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8670D
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

529

1205

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

186

239

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2105

3805

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

920

2283

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

920

2283

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1980

3299

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1980

3299

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

1913

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

1913

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
PassMark - G3D Mark	529	1205
PassMark - G2D Mark	186	239
Geekbench - OpenCL	2105	3805
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	920	2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	920	2283
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1980	3299
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1980	3299
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	1913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	1913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		340.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		23.111
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		414

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Kepler
Code name	Richland	GK107
Launch date	4 June 2013	22 March 2012
Place in performance rating	1202	1204
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	844 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Boost clock speed		950 MHz
CUDA cores		384
Floating-point performance		652.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Transistor count		1,270 million
API support
DirectX	11	12 API
OpenCL		1.1
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bus width		128bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3\GDDR5
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, PCI Express 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus