NVIDIA GeForce 830M vs AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 830M and AMD Radeon HD 8670D 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 830M

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 844 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1009 vs 533
Around 98% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4232 vs 2136
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1729 vs 920
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3589 vs 1980
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1729 vs 920
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3589 vs 1980

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2014 vs 4 June 2013
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 844 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1009 vs 533
Geekbench - OpenCL	4232 vs 2136
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1729 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3589 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1729 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3589 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 187 vs 136

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	384 vs 256
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	187 vs 136

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 830M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8670D

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1009

533

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

136

187

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4232

2136

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1729

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3589

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1729

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3589

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3340

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 830M	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
PassMark - G3D Mark	1009	533
PassMark - G2D Mark	136	187
Geekbench - OpenCL	4232	2136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	67.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1729	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3589	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1729	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3589	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	3340

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 830M	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Terascale 3
Code name	GM108	Richland
Launch date	12 March 2014	4 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1203	1204
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	844 MHz
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	256	384
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0	1
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus