AMD Radeon RX 580X vs AMD Radeon HD 7670A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580X and AMD Radeon HD 7670A 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), 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 580X

AMD Radeon HD 7670A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 600 MHz
13400x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 2304 vs 480
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7514 vs 1050

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7514 vs 1050

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670A

92.9x better floating-point performance: 576.0 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
4.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 185 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 702 vs 652

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	576.0 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	702 vs 652

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7670A

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

652

702

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7514

1050

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580X	AMD Radeon HD 7670A
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18294
PassMark - G2D Mark	652	702
PassMark - G3D Mark	7514	1050
Geekbench - OpenCL	41822

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580X	AMD Radeon HD 7670A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Polaris 20	Turks
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	5 January 2012
Place in performance rating	193	190
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2304	480
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	14.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready