NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 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
• Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 80 GTexel / s
• Around 5% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 1280
• Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 225 Watt
• Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5345 vs 4604
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 971.208 vs 952.668
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7038 vs 6821
• Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7038 vs 6821
• Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1839 vs 1651

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

• Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz
• Around 4% better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
• 200x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 537
• 5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 15511
• Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.446 vs 41.613
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.68 vs 4.281
• Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.456 vs 40.404
• 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 294.215 vs 86.208
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3686
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3686

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	5345 4604
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	537 586
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	15511 77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	41.613 55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	971.208 952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.281 4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	40.404 64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	86.208 294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7038 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3686 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3361 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7038 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3686 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3361 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1839 1651

Compare specifications (specs)