ATI Radeon HD 4670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4670 and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4670

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 530 MHz
Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 12.72 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
3.8x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 60 Watt
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 379 vs 278

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 530 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 12.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 48
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	379 vs 278

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 38 vs 37

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	38 vs 37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3297 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3297 vs 3285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

379

278

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

3297

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

3297

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	379	278
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285	3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285	3297

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV730	G94
Launch date	10 September 2008	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$67
Place in performance rating	1450	1451
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	48
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	505 million
CUDA cores		48
Gigaflops		180
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	193 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD