NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and AMD Radeon HD 7970M 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 15% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
- Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 68 GTexel / s
- Around 5% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 1280
- Around 13% better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 2,176 gflops
- Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5331 vs 3847
- Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7038 vs 5094
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3339
- Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7038 vs 5094
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3339
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 980 MHz vs 850 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 102.5 billion / sec vs 68 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1344 vs 1280 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,459.5 gflops vs 2,176 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5331 vs 3847 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7038 vs 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 vs 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7038 vs 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 vs 3339 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M
- Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 170 Watt
- 800x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 550 vs 529
- Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22410 vs 15400
- Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 51.181 vs 41.613
- Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1121.002 vs 971.208
- Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.355 vs 4.281
- 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 81.527 vs 40.404
- 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 256.99 vs 86.208
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 170 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 550 vs 529 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 22410 vs 15400 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 51.181 vs 41.613 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1121.002 vs 971.208 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.355 vs 4.281 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 81.527 vs 40.404 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 256.99 vs 86.208 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3692 vs 3686 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3692 vs 3686 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 | AMD Radeon HD 7970M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5331 | 3847 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 529 | 550 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 15400 | 22410 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 41.613 | 51.181 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 971.208 | 1121.002 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.281 | 5.355 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 40.404 | 81.527 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 86.208 | 256.99 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7038 | 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3686 | 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 | 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7038 | 5094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3686 | 3692 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 | 3339 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1812 | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 | AMD Radeon HD 7970M | |
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| Architecture | Kepler | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GK104 | Wimbledon |
| Launch date | 10 May 2012 | 24 April 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
| Place in performance rating | 565 | 566 |
| 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 | 850 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1344 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,459.5 gflops | 2,176 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | |
| Pipelines | 1344 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 102.5 billion / sec | 68 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | 2,800 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 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | |
| SLI options | 3-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | Two 6-pin | None |
| 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 | 153.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256-bit GDDR5 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6.0 GB/s | 4800 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
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