AMD Radeon R9 M265X vs AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M265X 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: 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M265X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1155 vs 529
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 203 vs 186
  • 4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8850 vs 2090
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1972 vs 920
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1972 vs 920
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 March 2014 vs 4 June 2013
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1155 vs 529
PassMark - G2D Mark 203 vs 186
Geekbench - OpenCL 8850 vs 2090
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1972 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1972 vs 920

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

  • Around 47% higher core clock speed: 844 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1980 vs 1765
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3214
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1980 vs 1765
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3214
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 844 MHz vs 575 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1980 vs 1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 vs 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1980 vs 1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 3214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M265X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8670D

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
529
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
203
186
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8850
2090
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1765
1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1972
920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1765
1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3214
3340
Name AMD Radeon R9 M265X AMD Radeon HD 8670D
PassMark - G3D Mark 1155 529
PassMark - G2D Mark 203 186
Geekbench - OpenCL 8850 2090
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 525.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 94.404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1972 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1765 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1972 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1765 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214 3340

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M265X AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 3
Code name Venus Richland
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 21 March 2014 4 June 2013
Place in performance rating 1195 1197
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 625 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 575 MHz 844 MHz
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 640 384
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11 11
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0 1

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore