NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 vs AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7550M 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 GTX 670

AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 980 MHz vs 550 MHz
8.5x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
3.4x more pipelines: 1344 vs 400
5.1x better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
11.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5337 vs 465
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 535 vs 403
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15511 vs 5371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2012 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	980 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 400
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5337 vs 465
PassMark - G2D Mark	535 vs 403
Geekbench - OpenCL	15511 vs 5371

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7550M

12.1x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 170 Watt
300x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7550M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5337

465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

535

403

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

15511

5371

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
PassMark - G3D Mark	5337	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	535	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	15511	5371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1839

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Thames
Launch date	10 May 2012	7 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	563	567
Price now	$474.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	13.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz	550 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	1344	400
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.2	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA