NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M vs AMD FirePro V4900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M and AMD FirePro V4900 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 670M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 74% higher texture fill rate: 33.5 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 5% better floating-point performance: 803.7 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
  • Around 49% higher maximum memory size: 1526 MB vs 1 GB
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1746 vs 990
  • 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6392 vs 1928
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.053 vs 6.303
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 588.645 vs 392.237
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.72 vs 0.597
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.916 vs 17.874
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2731 vs 1747
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2731 vs 1747
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 March 2012 vs 1 November 2011
Texture fill rate 33.5 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 803.7 gflops vs 768.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 1526 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1746 vs 990
Geekbench - OpenCL 6392 vs 1928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.053 vs 6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 588.645 vs 392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.72 vs 0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.916 vs 17.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2731 vs 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2731 vs 1747

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V4900

  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 598 MHz
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 480 vs 336
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 312 vs 303
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 72.818 vs 52.899
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3753 vs 3627
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7745 vs 3346
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3753 vs 3627
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7745 vs 3346
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 598 MHz
Pipelines 480 vs 336
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 312 vs 303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 72.818 vs 52.899
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3753 vs 3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7745 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3753 vs 3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7745 vs 3346

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V4900

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1746
990
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
303
312
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6392
1928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.053
6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
588.645
392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.72
0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.916
17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.899
72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2731
1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3627
3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3346
7745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2731
1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3627
3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3346
7745
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M AMD FirePro V4900
PassMark - G3D Mark 1746 990
PassMark - G2D Mark 303 312
Geekbench - OpenCL 6392 1928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.053 6.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 588.645 392.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.72 0.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.916 17.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 52.899 72.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2731 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3627 3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 7745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2731 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3627 3753
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 7745
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2062

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M AMD FirePro V4900

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF114 Turks
Launch date 22 March 2012 1 November 2011
Place in performance rating 979 980
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 598 MHz 800 MHz
CUDA cores 336
Floating-point performance 803.7 gflops 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 336 480
Texture fill rate 33.5 billion / sec 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Length 163 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1526 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72.0 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
SLI