NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 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 Radeon HD 3870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 49% higher maximum memory size: 1526 MB vs 2x 512 MB
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1745 vs 709
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 307 vs 224

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 26 January 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 165 Watt
Maximum memory size	1526 MB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1745 vs 709
PassMark - G2D Mark	307 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3336

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 598 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 33.5 billion / sec
Around 90% higher pipelines: 2x 320 vs 336
Around 31% better floating-point performance: 2x 528.0 gflops vs 803.7 gflops
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 598 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 33.5 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 320 vs 336
Floating-point performance	2x 528.0 gflops vs 803.7 gflops
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1745

709

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

307

224

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3336

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3336

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1745	709
PassMark - G2D Mark	307	224
Geekbench - OpenCL	6486
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	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3627
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346	3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2062

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF114	R680
Launch date	22 March 2012	26 January 2008
Place in performance rating	943	946
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Core clock speed	598 MHz	825 MHz
CUDA cores	336
Floating-point performance	803.7 gflops	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	336	2x 320
Texture fill rate	33.5 billion / sec	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	666 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)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.1
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1526 MB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72.0 GB / s	2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	192bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1802 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
SLI