AMD Radeon R9 M360 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M360 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 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 R9 M360

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 51% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 598 MHz
  • Around 52% higher pipelines: 512 vs 336
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 947.2 gflops vs 803.7 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1526 MB
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1836 vs 1737
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 451 vs 303
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8493 vs 6858
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 19.479 vs 15.053
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.902 vs 1.72
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 87.811 vs 52.899
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2801 vs 2731
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2801 vs 2731
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 22 March 2012
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 598 MHz
Pipelines 512 vs 336
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops vs 803.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1526 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1836 vs 1737
PassMark - G2D Mark 451 vs 303
Geekbench - OpenCL 8493 vs 6858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.479 vs 15.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.902 vs 1.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 87.811 vs 52.899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2801 vs 2731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2801 vs 2731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3346

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

  • Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 33.5 billion / sec vs 29.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 588.645 vs 575.773
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.916 vs 34.15
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3627 vs 1623
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3627 vs 1623
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 33.5 billion / sec vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 588.645 vs 575.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.916 vs 34.15
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3627 vs 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3627 vs 1623

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M360
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1836
1737
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
451
303
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8493
6858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.479
15.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
575.773
588.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.902
1.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.15
35.916
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
87.811
52.899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2801
2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1623
3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2801
2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1623
3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3346
Name AMD Radeon R9 M360 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1836 1737
PassMark - G2D Mark 451 303
Geekbench - OpenCL 8493 6858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.479 15.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 575.773 588.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.902 1.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.15 35.916
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 87.811 52.899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2801 2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1623 3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2801 2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1623 3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2062

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M360 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Tropo GF114
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 962 966
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 900 MHz 598 MHz
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops 803.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 512 336
Texture fill rate 29.6 GTexel / s 33.5 billion / sec
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,950 million
CUDA cores 336
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12 12 API
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed 1.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1526 MB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 72.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
SLI