NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M 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
- Around 23% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 3.2x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 32 GTexel / s
- 2.1x more pipelines: 1344 vs 640
- 2.4x better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
- 3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5330 vs 1507
- 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3686 vs 1367
- 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3686 vs 1367
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 980 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 102.5 billion / sec vs 32 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1344 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,459.5 gflops vs 1,024 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5330 vs 1507 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3686 vs 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 vs 3359 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3686 vs 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 vs 3359 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M
- 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 170 Watt
- 666.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 556 vs 532
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 170 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 556 vs 532 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 | AMD Radeon HD 7870M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5330 | 1507 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 532 | 556 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 15568 | |
| 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 | 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 | 3359 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7038 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3686 | 1367 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 | 3359 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1832 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 | AMD Radeon HD 7870M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GK104 | Heathrow |
| Launch date | 10 May 2012 | 24 April 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
| Place in performance rating | 577 | 578 |
| Price now | $474.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 13.20 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 980 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 980 MHz | 800 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1344 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,459.5 gflops | 1,024 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | |
| Pipelines | 1344 | 640 |
| Texture fill rate | 102.5 billion / sec | 32 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 1,500 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| 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 |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | |
| SLI options | 3-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | Two 6-pin | |
| Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB / s | 64 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256-bit GDDR5 | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6.0 GB/s | 4000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision | ||
| Adaptive VSync | ||
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