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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

AMD Radeon HD 7670M

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: 540 vs 475
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 151 vs 97
Around 67% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2345 vs 1401
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 5.052 vs 2.47
Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 215.924 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	540 vs 475
PassMark - G2D Mark	151 vs 97
Geekbench - OpenCL	2345 vs 1401
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.052 vs 2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	215.924 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

540

475

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

151

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2345

1401

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.052

2.47

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

215.924

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	540	475
PassMark - G2D Mark	151	97
Geekbench - OpenCL	2345	1401
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.052	2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	215.924	210.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	19.904
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	1398	1399
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