AMD Radeon R9 M385X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M385X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 M385X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 980 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
250x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49760 vs 15400
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3707 vs 3686
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3707 vs 3686

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 10 May 2012
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 980 MHz
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	49760 vs 15400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707 vs 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707 vs 3686

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 896
Around 25% better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7038 vs 4079
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7038 vs 4079
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 529 vs 267
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5331 vs 1994

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 896
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7038 vs 4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7038 vs 4079
PassMark - G2D Mark	529 vs 267
PassMark - G3D Mark	5331 vs 1994
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M385X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4079

7038

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4079

7038

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

267

529

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1994

5331

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49760

15400

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3707

3686

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3707

3686

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3361

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4079	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4079	7038
PassMark - G2D Mark	267	529
PassMark - G3D Mark	1994	5331
Geekbench - OpenCL	49760	15400
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3361
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		86.208
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1812

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Strato	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	10 May 2012
Place in performance rating	563	565
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Price now		$474.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	980 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	1344
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	102.5 billion / sec
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,540 million
CUDA cores		1344
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		170 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
Supplementary power connectors		Two 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA