AMD Radeon HD 8790M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8790M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX 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 8790M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
• Around 42% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
• 2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 330

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

• 2.2x more texture fill rate: 48.0 billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s
• 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
• Around 67% better floating-point performance: 1,154 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1970 vs 1306
• Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6045 vs 4743
• Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 20.831 vs 12.759
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3396 vs 2181
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 2656
• Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2014
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3396 vs 2181
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 2656
• Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2014

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8790M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1306 1970
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	751 330
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4743 6045
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.759 20.831
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2181 3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2656 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2014 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2181 3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2656 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2014 3350

Compare specifications (specs)