NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M vs AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M and AMD Radeon HD 7670M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 538 vs 473
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 150 vs 91
  • Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2398 vs 1416
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 5.055 vs 2.47
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 215.004 vs 210.901
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2766 vs 2194
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3341
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2766 vs 2194
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3341
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 March 2012 vs 17 February 2012
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 538 vs 473
PassMark - G2D Mark 150 vs 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 2398 vs 1416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.055 vs 2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 215.004 vs 210.901
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2766 vs 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2766 vs 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3341

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670M

  • 5x more pipelines: 480 vs 96
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 576.0 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
  • Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1228 vs 967
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1228 vs 967
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 96
Floating-point performance 576.0 gflops vs 253.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1228 vs 967
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1228 vs 967

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7670M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
538
473
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
150
91
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2398
1416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.055
2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
215.004
210.901
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
967
1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2766
2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
967
1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2766
2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3341
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M AMD Radeon HD 7670M
PassMark - G3D Mark 538 473
PassMark - G2D Mark 150 91
Geekbench - OpenCL 2398 1416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.055 2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 215.004 210.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.903
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 967 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2766 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 967 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2766 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF108 Thames
Launch date 22 March 2012 17 February 2012
Place in performance rating 1403 1404
Type Laptop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $629.99
Price now $629.99
Value for money (0-100) 1.48

Technical info

CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 480
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 20 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 716 million
Core clock speed 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 14.4 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
DirectX 11.2 12 API
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3\GDDR5 DDR3, (GDDR5)
Shared memory 0 0
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus