NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX vs AMD Radeon HD 6850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX and AMD Radeon HD 6850 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), 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

AMD Radeon HD 6850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 48.0 billion / sec vs 37.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 127 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 20.831 vs 13.033

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2012 vs 21 October 2010
Texture fill rate	48.0 billion / sec vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 127 Watt
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1970 vs 1962
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	20.831 vs 13.033
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3348

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

Around 29% better floating-point performance: 1,488.0 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 433 vs 333
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3489 vs 3396
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3489 vs 3396

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,488.0 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	433 vs 333
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3489 vs 3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3489 vs 3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708 vs 3698

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1970

1962

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

333

433

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20.831

13.033

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3396

3489

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3348

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3396

3489

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3348

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX	AMD Radeon HD 6850
PassMark - G3D Mark	1970	1962
PassMark - G2D Mark	333	433
Geekbench - OpenCL	6046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	20.831	13.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3396	3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3396	3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		139.45

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX	AMD Radeon HD 6850
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Barts
Launch date	1 October 2012	21 October 2010
Place in performance rating	825	828
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		28.63
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz
CUDA cores	960
Floating-point performance	1,154 gflops	1,488.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	960
Texture fill rate	48.0 billion / sec	37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	127 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	AGP
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	11
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire