AMD Radeon HD 8670D vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8670D and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 844 MHz vs 610 MHz
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 187 vs 96
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3319
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3319
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 June 2013 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed 844 MHz vs 610 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 187 vs 96
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 vs 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 3319

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1222 vs 534
  • 8.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18229 vs 2071
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1222 vs 534
Geekbench - OpenCL 18229 vs 2071

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8670D
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
534
1222
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
187
96
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2071
18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3340
3319
Name AMD Radeon HD 8670D NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
PassMark - G3D Mark 534 1222
PassMark - G2D Mark 187 96
Geekbench - OpenCL 2071 18229
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 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 3319

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8670D NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 Tesla 2.0
Code name Richland GT200B
Launch date 4 June 2013 11 November 2008
Place in performance rating 1199 1202
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $3,499
Price now $178.89
Value for money (0-100) 8.02

Technical info

Core clock speed 844 MHz 610 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 240
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops
Texture fill rate 48.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 189 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin