NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 vs AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 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 GTX 670

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 40 GTexel / s
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 1344 vs 640
  • Around 92% better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 1,280 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5324 vs 2174
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 461
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15568 vs 14263
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 41.613 vs 33.836
  • Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 971.208 vs 506.712
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.281 vs 3.01
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7038 vs 3707
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7038 vs 3707
  • 2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1832 vs 711
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 May 2012 vs 15 February 2012
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec vs 40 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1344 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops vs 1,280 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5324 vs 2174
PassMark - G2D Mark 532 vs 461
Geekbench - OpenCL 15568 vs 14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 41.613 vs 33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 971.208 vs 506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.281 vs 3.01
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7038 vs 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7038 vs 3707
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1832 vs 711

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • 187.5x more memory clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.787 vs 40.404
  • Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 153.657 vs 86.208
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4524 vs 3686
  • 4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 14630 vs 3361
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4524 vs 3686
  • 4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 14630 vs 3361
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.787 vs 40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 153.657 vs 86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4524 vs 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 14630 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4524 vs 3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 14630 vs 3361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5324
2174
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
532
461
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
15568
14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.613
33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
971.208
506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.281
3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.404
49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
86.208
153.657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7038
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3686
4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
14630
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7038
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3686
4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
14630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1832
711
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 5324 2174
PassMark - G2D Mark 532 461
Geekbench - OpenCL 15568 14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 41.613 33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 971.208 506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.281 3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 40.404 49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 86.208 153.657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7038 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3686 4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 14630
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7038 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3686 4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 14630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1832 711

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Essentials

Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Cape Verde
Launch date 10 May 2012 15 February 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $159
Place in performance rating 576 578
Price now $474.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.20
Design AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz
CUDA cores 1344
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops 1,280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 1344 640
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec 40 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 125 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,500 million
Stream Processors 640

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 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm) 210 mm
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.2 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 256-bit GDDR5 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync