AMD Radeon HD 8670M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8670M and NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 6.2x more texture fill rate: 19.8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
  • 24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
  • 24.8x better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 520 vs 85
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 242
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2270 vs 778
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2270 vs 778
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 March 2013 vs 1 February 2008
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 16
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 520 vs 85
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 vs 242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2270 vs 778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2270 vs 778

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 775 MHz
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 775 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8670M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
520
85
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
488
242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2270
778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2270
778
Name AMD Radeon HD 8670M NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
PassMark - G3D Mark 520 85
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 242
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 778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2270 778

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8670M NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla
Code name Mars G86
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 March 2013 1 February 2008
Place in performance rating 1173 1175
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 775 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 16
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s 3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 210 million
CUDA cores 16
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0