NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 66% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 589 MHz
43.5x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 2.356 GTexel / s
168x more pipelines: 1344 vs 8
109.6x better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
42.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5345 vs 126
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 537 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2012 vs 26 November 2009
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5345 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	537 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

5.5x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 170 Watt
133.3x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5345

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

537

309

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	5345	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	537	309
Geekbench - OpenCL	15511
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	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GK104	GT218
Launch date	10 May 2012	26 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	554	555
Price now	$474.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	589 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	1344	8
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	260 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	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
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)	168 mm
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA