AMD Radeon HD 8670D vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8670D and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 65 nm
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 187 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2013 vs 16 June 2008
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	187 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 844 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 533
9.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 2136

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 844 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208 vs 533
Geekbench - OpenCL	19512 vs 2136
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8670D
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

533

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

187

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2136

19512

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3342

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	533	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	187	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	2136	19512
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		29.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Richland	GT200
Launch date	4 June 2013	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1204	1396
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Core clock speed	844 MHz	1242 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	192
CUDA cores		192
Floating-point performance		476.9 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		182 Watt
Transistor count		1,400 million
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		896 MB
Memory bandwidth		111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width		448 Bit
Memory clock speed		999 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI