AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient 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, 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1894 vs 1745
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 355 vs 307
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 26.039 vs 15.053
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 135.437 vs 52.899
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2018 vs 22 March 2012
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1894 vs 1745
PassMark - G2D Mark 355 vs 307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.039 vs 15.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 135.437 vs 52.899
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3346

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

  • Around 99% higher core clock speed: 598 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 588.645 vs 176.928
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.72 vs 1.666
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.916 vs 27.603
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2731 vs 2408
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3627 vs 3170
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2731 vs 2408
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3627 vs 3170
  • 2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2062 vs 862
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 598 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 588.645 vs 176.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.72 vs 1.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.916 vs 27.603
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2731 vs 2408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3627 vs 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2731 vs 2408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3627 vs 3170
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2062 vs 862

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1894
1745
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
355
307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.039
15.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
176.928
588.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.666
1.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.603
35.916
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.437
52.899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2408
2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2408
2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3170
3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
862
2062
Name AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1894 1745
PassMark - G2D Mark 355 307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.039 15.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 176.928 588.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.666 1.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.603 35.916
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 135.437 52.899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2408 2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170 3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2408 2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170 3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 862 2062
Geekbench - OpenCL 6497

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Raven GF114
Launch date 23 April 2018 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 931 928
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 598 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 1,950 million
CUDA cores 336
Floating-point performance 803.7 gflops
Pipelines 336
Texture fill rate 33.5 billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

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

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
SLI