AMD Radeon HD 8670M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8670M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 1 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 19.8 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 520 vs 438
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 119
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5532 vs 2422
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1039 vs 1019
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1039 vs 1019
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 March 2013 vs 9 January 2013
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 520 vs 438
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 vs 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 5532 vs 2422
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1039 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1039 vs 1019

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2843 vs 1783
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 2270
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2843 vs 1783
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 2270
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2843 vs 1783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3329 vs 2270
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2843 vs 1783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3329 vs 2270

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8670M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
520
438
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
488
119
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5532
2422
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1039
1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1783
2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2270
3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1039
1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1783
2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2270
3329
Name AMD Radeon HD 8670M NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
PassMark - G3D Mark 520 438
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 5532 2422
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 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1783 2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2270 3329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1039 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1783 2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2270 3329

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8670M NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Mars GF117
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 March 2013 9 January 2013
Place in performance rating 1171 1172
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 775 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops 297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 96
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s 12.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 585 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 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 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0