NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M vs ATI FireGL X2-256

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M and ATI FireGL X2-256 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 670M

ATI FireGL X2-256

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 598 MHz vs 380 MHz
11x more texture fill rate: 33.5 billion / sec vs 3.04 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 1526 MB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 700 MHz

Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	598 MHz vs 380 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.5 billion / sec vs 3.04 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1526 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL X2-256

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M	ATI FireGL X2-256
PassMark - G3D Mark	1745
PassMark - G2D Mark	307
Geekbench - OpenCL	6497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	588.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.916
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	52.899
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2062

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M	ATI FireGL X2-256
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rage 9
Code name	GF114	R360
Launch date	22 March 2012	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	928	not rated
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	598 MHz	380 MHz
CUDA cores	336
Floating-point performance	803.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	336
Texture fill rate	33.5 billion / sec	3.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1526 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	72.0 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
SLI