NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and AMD Radeon HD 7670M 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 960M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 640 vs 480
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3370 vs 470
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 245 vs 82
  • 7.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11003 vs 1393
  • 22x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 2.47
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 210.901
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 1228
  • Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 2194
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3341
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 1228
  • Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 2194
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3341
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 17 February 2012
Core clock speed 1096 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 480
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3370 vs 470
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 vs 82
Geekbench - OpenCL 11003 vs 1393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 vs 2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 vs 210.901
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 vs 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 vs 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3341

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670M

  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 75 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7670M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3370
470
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
245
82
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11003
1393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.294
2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
795.325
210.901
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3341
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M AMD Radeon HD 7670M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3370 470
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 82
Geekbench - OpenCL 11003 1393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 2.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 210.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 2194
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1231 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M AMD Radeon HD 7670M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM107 Thames
Launch date 13 March 2015 17 February 2012
Place in performance rating 761 1421
Type Laptop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $629.99
Price now $629.99
Value for money (0-100) 1.48

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 1096 MHz 600 MHz
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 480
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s 14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 20 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, (GDDR5)
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI