AMD Radeon R6 M255DX vs AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon HD 8670D 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 576 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
8.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17123 vs 2076
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1055 vs 920
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1055 vs 920
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3563 vs 3340
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3563 vs 3340
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 605 vs 534

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2014 vs 4 June 2013
Pipelines	576 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17123 vs 2076
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1055 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1055 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3563 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3563 vs 3340
PassMark - G3D Mark	605 vs 534

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 844 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1980 vs 1927
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1980 vs 1927
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 187 vs 116

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	844 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1980 vs 1927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1980 vs 1927
PassMark - G2D Mark	187 vs 116

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17123

2076

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1055

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1055

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1927

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1927

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3563

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3563

3340

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

187

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

605

534

Name	AMD Radeon R6 M255DX	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Geekbench - OpenCL	17123	2076
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1055	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1055	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1927	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1927	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3563	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3563	3340
PassMark - G2D Mark	116	187
PassMark - G3D Mark	605	534

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R6 M255DX	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Terascale 3
Code name	Jet	Richland
Launch date	7 January 2014	4 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1197	1198
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	844 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	576	384
Transistor count	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	1	1
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay