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.

 

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 15568
  • 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 15568
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 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 267
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5330 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 532 vs 267
PassMark - G3D Mark 5330 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
532
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1994
5330
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
49760
15568
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 267 532
PassMark - G3D Mark 1994 5330
Geekbench - OpenCL 49760 15568
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 1832

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 574 577
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