AMD Radeon HD 8670M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8670M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • Around 6% better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
  • Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 488 vs 261
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5532 vs 4919
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 71.696 vs 44.123
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 March 2013 vs 30 May 2011
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 vs 261
Geekbench - OpenCL 5532 vs 4919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 71.696 vs 44.123

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 24.8 billion / sec vs 19.8 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1261 vs 520
  • Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.598 vs 7.005
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 404.618 vs 144.131
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.227 vs 0.952
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 25.333 vs 17.551
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1857 vs 1039
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3275 vs 1783
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3341 vs 2270
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1857 vs 1039
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3275 vs 1783
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3341 vs 2270
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 24.8 billion / sec vs 19.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1261 vs 520
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.598 vs 7.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 404.618 vs 144.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.227 vs 0.952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.333 vs 17.551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1857 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3275 vs 1783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 vs 2270
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1857 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3275 vs 1783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 vs 2270

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8670M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
520
1261
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
488
261
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5532
4919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.005
13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
144.131
404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.952
1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.551
25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
71.696
44.123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1039
1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1783
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2270
3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1039
1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1783
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2270
3341
Name AMD Radeon HD 8670M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
PassMark - G3D Mark 520 1261
PassMark - G2D Mark 488 261
Geekbench - OpenCL 5532 4919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.005 13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 144.131 404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.952 1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.551 25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 71.696 44.123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1039 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1783 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2270 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1039 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1783 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2270 3341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8670M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Mars GF116
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 March 2013 30 May 2011
Place in performance rating 1171 1173
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 775 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s 24.8 billion / sec
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 192
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 12 API
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus