AMD Radeon HD 8790M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8790M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 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
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 371
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 80.418 vs 62.895
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 1 October 2012
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 600 MHz
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 vs 371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 80.418 vs 62.895

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX

  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 48.0 billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
  • Around 82% better floating-point performance: 1,256 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2717 vs 1306
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10648 vs 4743
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.251 vs 12.759
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 665.068 vs 465.631
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.9 vs 1.576
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 36.241 vs 28.839
  • Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4175 vs 2181
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3383 vs 2656
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3334 vs 2014
  • Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4175 vs 2181
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3383 vs 2656
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3334 vs 2014
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 48.0 billion / sec vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,256 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2717 vs 1306
Geekbench - OpenCL 10648 vs 4743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.251 vs 12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 665.068 vs 465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.9 vs 1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.241 vs 28.839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4175 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3383 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3334 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4175 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3383 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3334 vs 2014

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8790M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1306
2717
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
751
371
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4743
10648
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.759
18.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
465.631
665.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.576
1.9
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.839
36.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
80.418
62.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2181
4175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2656
3383
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
3334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2181
4175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2656
3383
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
3334
Name AMD Radeon HD 8790M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1306 2717
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 371
Geekbench - OpenCL 4743 10648
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.759 18.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.631 665.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.576 1.9
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.839 36.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 80.418 62.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2181 4175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2656 3383
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2014 3334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2181 4175
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2656 3383
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2014 3334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1607

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8790M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Mars GK104
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 April 2013 1 October 2012
Place in performance rating 826 829
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 850 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,256 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 960
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 48.0 billion / sec
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 960
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 11 12 API
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA