AMD Radeon HD 8970M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 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 8970M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 170 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• 800x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
• Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 537
• Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20899 vs 15511
• Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 57.241 vs 41.613
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1223.742 vs 971.208
• Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.78 vs 4.281
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.306 vs 40.404
• 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 268.643 vs 86.208

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

• Around 15% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 72 GTexel / s
• Around 5% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 1280
• Around 7% better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
• Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5345 vs 3876
• 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7038 vs 2521
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 2595
• 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7038 vs 2521
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 2595

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	3876 5345
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	807 537
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	20899 15511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	57.241 41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1223.742 971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5.78 4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	89.306 40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	268.643 86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2521 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3688 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2595 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2521 7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3688 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2595 3361

Compare specifications (specs)